Tax Consultant PT Jhonlin Baratama Was Charged With Giving Bribe To Angin Prayitno Up To Thousands Of Singapore Dollars

Corruption Court (Photo: DOK ANTARA)

Tax consultant PT Jhonlin Baratama, Agus Susetyo, has been charged with bribing several officials at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance. The indictment was read out at the Jakarta Corruption Court today, Wednesday, November 9. "Giving or promising something is to give money in total of 3,500 Singapore dollars," said the KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU) when reading the indictment. Prosecutors said the money was given to a number of officials at the Directorate General of Taxes, namely Angin Prayitno Aji, Dadan Ramdani, Alfred Simanjuntak, Yulmanizar and Febrian. The bribe was given so that they could manipulate the tax calculations of PT Jhonlin Baratama in 2016 and 2017. The money distribution took place in stages from July 2019 to September 2019. "With the intention that these civil servants or state administrators do or do not do something in their positions," said the prosecutor. The indictment then detailed that the first award was carried out at Agus' office in the Kuningan area, South Jakarta. The money handed over reached 1,000 Singapore dollars. The second giving was carried out in the same place in August 2019. The total money given reached 1.000 Singapore dollars. The third payment was in the parking lot of the Electronic City SCBD Building, South Jakarta in August 2019. The total given was 500 thousand Singapore dollars. The fourth giving was made again at Agus' office in September 2019. The total money was 500 thousand Singapore dollars. After receiving the gift, officials from the Directorate General of Taxes distributed the money they got. Angin and Dadan received 1.75 million Singapore dollars which Wawan gave in his office. Meanwhile, Wawan, Alfred, Yulmanizar and Febrian each received 437,500 Singapore dollars. Next, agus received Rp. 5 million or 10 percent of the money distributed. As a result of his actions, Agus was charged with violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b or Article 13 of Law No.31/1999 as amended by Law No.20/2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st Criminal Code.