KPK Examines Meetings And Agreements On Giving Money To Employees Of The Directorate General Of Taxes Who Are Suspects With Wawan

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is studying the meetings and money agreements made during tax audits.

This was done by examining the former Intermediary Auditor as Team Leader at the Directorate General of Taxation's Audit and Collection, Alfred Simanjuntak, who had been named a suspect on Thursday, November 11.

Although he has been named a suspect along with Wawan Ridwan, he has not been arrested. In this examination, Alfred was also presented as a witness to complete the file belonging to his colleague.

"The witnesses were confirmed, among others, related to the tax audit carried out by the suspect WR et al. It is suspected that there was a meeting and an agreement to provide a sum of money for the examination," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Prevention Ipi Maryati told reporters, Friday, November 12.

Apart from Alfred, the KPK also examined the Chief Financial Officer of PT Bank PAN Indonesia Tbk, Marlina Gunawan; private party, Artha Nindya Kertapati; Tax Consultant Manager at Foresight Consulting, Naufal Binnur; former Tax Consultant Partner at Foresight Consulting, Aulia Imran Maghribi.

Next, investigators also examined the Head of the Taxation Section, Financial Administration Bureau at PT Bank PAN Indonesia Tbk, Tikoriaman; Head of Inspection, Collection, Intelligence and Investigation of the South Jakarta Regional Tax Office I, Yudi Sutiana Gardayudia and Consultant Staff at Foresight Consulting, Sani Lastian.

In this case, investigators also examined four other witnesses for different materials. They are Nugraha Ronaldo Sabang Simorangkir; Head of the Kelapa Gading Branch of PT Binavalasindo Dollarsia Sejahtera Utama, Rianhur Sinurat.

In addition, the courier of PT Binavalasindo Dollarasia Sejahtera Utama, Kelapa Gading branch, Kosim; and Head of the Gajahmada Dollarasia Money Changer Branch of PT Binavalasindo Dollarasia Sejahtera Utama, Meidy Kaman Dita.

"The witnesses were confirmed, among others, regarding the alleged exchange of a sum of money by the suspect WR et al. The source was from the taxpayers whose tax calculation results have been regulated," said Ipi.

Actually, the KPK will also examine two other witnesses, namely experts from the Directorate General of Taxes Arif Budiman and Ariyanta. However, Ipi said the two were not present.

"Both of them confirmed the investigation team for rescheduling," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK forcibly arrested and detained the former Bantaeng Tax Head, Wawan Ridwan, who is a new suspect in the tax bribery case at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance. This action was taken because he was considered uncooperative.

Wawan was named a suspect along with the former Head of the Examining Team at the Directorate of Audit and Collection at the Directorate General of Taxes, Alfred Simanjuntak. This determination has been made since the beginning of last November.

In this case, it was revealed that Wawan received the money which was then handed over to two officials at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance, namely Angin Prayitno and Dadan Ramdani, who had previously been named suspects.

The receipt of this money occurred several times in the period 2018-2019. In January-February 2018, Wawan received Rp15 billion which was handed over by representatives of PT Gunung Madu Plantation.

Then, Wawan again received money around mid-2018. The amount of money he received reached 500 thousand Singapore dollars which was handed over by representatives of PT Bank PAN Indonesia from a total commitment of Rp. 25 billion.

Next, he again received money in July-September 2019 with a value of up to 3 million Singapore dollars which was handed over from representatives of PT Jhonlin Baratama. Of the total receipts, Wawan was later said to have received a share of 625 thousand Singapore dollars.

Not only that, Wawan is also suspected of receiving money from other taxpayers as a form of gratification. However, the KPK has not detailed the amount of money because it is still being investigated.