Banten Prosecutor's Office Search Banten Bapenda Office And Kelapa Dua Samsat

The Banten Prosecutor's Office conducted a search at the Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) office and the Tangerang Kelapa Dua Samsat office regarding the alleged case of motor vehicle tax evasion at the Kelapa Dua Tangerang Samsat. (Mulyana)

SERANG - The Banten High Prosecutor's Office conducted searches at the Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) office and the Tangerang Kelapa Dua Samsat office regarding the alleged case of motor vehicle tax evasion at the Kelapa Dua Tangerang Samsat.

"The team has managed to collect several documents related to the case, which consists of 1 (one) bundle of screenshots, 1 (one) flash drive, Rp29,854,700 in cash," said Banten High Prosecutor's Head Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak. reported by Antara, Friday, April 22.

According to Leonardo, the search was an attempt by the Banten Prosecutor's Office to move quickly to secure evidence.

The investigation team at the Assistant for Special Crimes at the Banten High Prosecutor's Office also moved quickly to examine 4 (four) witnesses and found legal facts and sufficient evidence to immediately take legal action for alleged criminal acts, Leonard said.

He said, based on sufficient evidence from the examination of witnesses and the evidence that had been collected, the investigation team had named four suspects, namely Z, Head of Collection and Deposit at UPTD Kelapa Dua.

Then "AP", a civil servant with the position of Staff / Officer in the Determination Section at the Kelapa Dua Samsat (UPTD) Tangerang Regency; MBI, Honorary Staff of the Cashier/Voluntary Workforce (TKS) at UPTD Samsat Kelapa Dua; and B, private (former employee who made the Samsat application).

According to him, the Banten Prosecutor's Office responded quickly to information related to the alleged tax evasion case by conducting intelligence operations to collect data and information to obtain preliminary evidence since Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

"That based on the report on the results of the intelligence operation, data and information collection has been carried out which has succeeded in obtaining several documents related to the case in question and has asked for information from 7 (seven) people," continued Leonard.

He said the parties being investigated were three State Civil Apparatus (ASN) at the Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) of Banten Province, two State Civil Apparatuses (ASN) at UPTD Samsat Kelapa Dua and one honorary employee at UPTD Samsat Kelapa Dua and one private person (Computer Application Programmer).

"Intelligence operations carried out professionally and objectively by the Banten High Prosecutor's Intelligence team have found indications of alleged tax embezzlement leading to criminal acts of corruption in the Kelapa Dua Samsat," he said.

The handling of the case was then handed over to the Special Crimes Division of the Banten High Prosecutor's Office for investigation with the issuance of an Investigation Order for the Head of the Banten High Prosecutor's Office Number: PRINT-379/M.6/Fd.1/04/2022 dated 21 April 2022.