Former Garuda Siwi Widi Stewardess Will Be Presented By KPK At The Trial Of Alleged Corruption Of Tax Employees

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will present a former flight attendant for Garuda Indonesia, Siwi Widi Purwanti as a witness in the trial on allegations of bribery, gratification and money laundering by an official of the Directorate General of Taxes in Sulawesi Sulawesi, Wawan Ridwan.

The summons was made because Siwi allegedly received Rp647.85 million from Wawan's son, Muhammad Farsha. This was revealed at the trial which was held on Wednesday, January 26 at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

"Yes, of course one of them (Siwi Widi will be summoned, ed). The summoning of witnesses at the trial is in accordance with the need to prove the indictment," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri to reporters, Thursday, January 27.

Ali said that Siwi's testimony at the trial was needed to explore the flow of money from Farsha. However, the KPK has not confirmed when the former flight attendant will be summoned.

Apart from Siwi, the KPK will call other witnesses later. This was done to make it clear that the alleged riot occurred.

"We will definitely summon witnesses who are relevant to the alleged description of the defendant's actions," he said.

It was previously reported that in the trial, it was stated that Siwi received Rp647,850,000 from Wawan's biological son, Muhammad Farsha Kautsar. The two are close friends.

The money was given in stages through transfers from April 8, 2019 to July 23, 2019.

Not only that, Farsha also transferred some money to her two friends, namely Adinda Rana Fauziah, worth Rp. 39,186,927 and to Bimo Edwinanto, in the amount of Rp. 296 million.

In addition, there was also a transfer made to Dian Nurcahyo Dwi Purnomo and his family amounting to Rp509,180,000. The money will be used for business.

For information, Wawan, who is the Head of Registration, Extensification and Assessment of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes for South Sulawesi, was charged with accepting bribes of 606,250 Singapore dollars from the results of tax manipulation by taxpayers, namely PT Gunung Madu Plantations, PT Bank PAN Indonesia (Panin) Tbk, and PT Jhonlin. Baratama.

In addition, he was also charged with receiving gratuities of Rp. 1,036,250,000, Singapore dollar 71,250, US dollar denominations worth Rp. 625 million, and plane tickets amounting to Rp. 594,900 and Rp. 448 thousand hotels from eight companies and one individual taxpayer.

Furthermore, the money was used to buy assets including cars and luxury goods and was given to many parties.