JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has examined H Khairul Umam or Haji Her, a tobacco entrepreneur from Madura, on Thursday, April 9. A number of information was investigated by investigators, including related to tax management.
Haji Her was examined in his capacity as a witness at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. His testimony is needed to investigate allegations of bribes and gratification of import goods at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.
"Investigators are investigating how this HR is in carrying out tax management, how the mechanism in the field," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Friday, April 10.
Meanwhile, tobacco derivatives such as white cigarettes and kretek, cigars to sliced tobacco are indeed subject to taxes. So, this information is what the anti-corruption commission is looking for in the examination.
"Is it in accordance with the new procedures in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise in the management of the tax or what? This is what then goes into the examination material," said Budi.
Meanwhile, Haji Her admitted that he had received questions about the case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise which was being handled by the anti-corruption commission after being examined at 16.35 WIB. One of them was related to his introduction to the suspect in this case.
"Yes, it was confirmed, asked about whether or not they knew the suspects," Haji Her told reporters at the location.
Even so, Haji Her admitted that he did not know the suspects in this case. He also claimed that he did not know anything about the management of cigarette taxes that were being investigated by the anti-corruption commission.
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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