JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to investigate the involvement of other officials of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise who are suspected of playing a role in the case of bribery and gratification of the import of goods. The determination of the suspect Budiman Bayu Prasojo as Head of the Customs Intelligence Section P2 is said to be the entrance.
"This is the KPK's attempt to force one of the former employees, yes. ... initials but I'll just be brief, BY. Well, from there, then there are several parties who ask for information to be able to confirm and strengthen the suspicion against BY and also try to reveal others," said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto to reporters at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Wednesday, April 8.
Setyo admitted that he had not been informed about the examination of witnesses in this case, including cigarette entrepreneurs. "But, hopefully, from the results of this examination there will be information that can strengthen or maybe it can be said whether it is a new item, or maybe there will be new information," he said.
The KPK previously suspected that there were cigarette manufacturers who gave bribes to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) to circumvent taxes from the Java Island region. The findings were revealed after Budiman Bayu Prasojo as Head of the P2 Tax Intelligence Section of the DJBC was named a suspect and detained on Friday, February 27.
This determination is an expansion of the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on February 4. At that time, six suspects were announced, one of which was the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) for the period 2024-2026, Rizal.
Then, it was also determined as a suspect, namely Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) as Head of the Sub Directorate of Intelligence, Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasubdit Intel P2 DJBC); Orlando Hamonangan (ORL) as Head of the Intelligence Section of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasi Intel DJBC); John Field (JF) as owner of PT Blueray (BR); Andri as Head of the Import Documents Team of PT BR; and Dedy Kurniawan as Operational Manager of PT BR.
"Currently, some of them are from Central Java and there are also East Java," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, March 2.
These cigarette entrepreneurs are suspected of buying tax tape at a lower rate in large quantities. In fact, there is a difference in tariffs for the results of manual home industry products and using machines.
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