Forms Of Special Task Force To Search Transactions Of IDR 349 T At The Ministry Of Finance, Mahfud MD: So Public Attention

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD (second from the left) gave a press statement (Photo: Capture the PPATK Youtube screen)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD initiated the formation of a Joint Team/Satgas to supervise to follow up on odd transactions of IDR 349 trillion related to the Ministry of Finance.

According to Mahfud, this team will involve PPATK, Directorate General of Taxes, Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Bareskrim Polri, Pidsus AGO, OJK Supervision Sector, BIN, and Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.

"The team will carry out case building or build cases from scratch," he said when giving information to media crews in Jakarta, Monday, April 10.

Mahfud explained that the committee will carry out case building by prioritizing the largest-valued LHP, which is an aggregate of IDR 189 trillion.

"This is because it has become a public concern," he said.

Meanwhile, the formation of a special task force is an agreement from the National Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU Committee), consisting of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs as committee chairman, Coordinating Minister for the Economy (Airlangga Hartarto) as vice chairman, Minister of Finance as member.

Then, the Minister of Law and Human Rights as members, and the Head of PPATK as well as the Chairman of the OJK as members of the committee as well as echelon I officials at ministries/agencies who are members of the TPPU Committee.

"Committees and Joint Teams/Satgas will work professionally, transparently, and accountably," said Mahfud MD.