JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continue to investigate allegations of bribery in tax management that occurred at the Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance. Most recently, they are exploring the agreement that occurred when the manipulation of the calculation of the taxpayer's value was carried out.
This investigation was carried out by examining a suspect in this case, namely Alfred Simanjuntak. He is the Head of the Examination Team at the Directorate of Audit and Collection at the Directorate General of Taxes who now serves as the Functional Tax Auditor at the West Java Regional Tax Office.
Alfred became a suspect after the KPK carried out the development of the case. Although he was appointed with the former Bantaeng Tax Head, Wawan Ridwan, he has not been detained until now because he is considered cooperative.
"The person concerned complied with the summons of the Investigative Team and confirmed, among other things, regarding the alleged joint agreement with the suspect WR et al to manipulate the calculation of the value of the taxpayer accompanied by the provision of a sum of money for the said manipulation," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters, Friday. , December 17th.
Previously, the KPK 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 the 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.
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