Former Director Of Strategy For Garuda Indonesia Targeted By KPK Regarding Alleged Investment Rafael Square

The defendant's father, Mario Dandy Satriyo, Rafael Alun Trisambodo, after undergoing an examination at the KPK Jakarta Building. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined the Director of Strategy and IT of PT Garuda Indonesia Elisa Lumbantoruan on Tuesday, August 1. He was examined regarding the alleged investment carried out by former Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo to launder money from gratuities. Witnesses are present and their knowledge is investigated, among others, still related about the alleged placement and investment of RAT suspects in witness companies," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters in a written statement, Wednesday, August 2. In addition, investigators are also questioning two other witnesses to explore similar allegations. They are the Director of PT Cubes Consulting Gunadi Hastowo, and former Head of the ERP Development Project of PT Pos Indonesia Slamet Sajidi. It has not been detailed how much money was turned by Rafael through the investment. However, the statements of these three witnesses are believed to make light of the alleged money laundering he committed. Previously reported, Rafael allegedly received a gratuity of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through his company, PT Artha Mega Ekadhana (AME). This acceptance occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of Investigation, Investigation, and Tax Collection at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes East Java 1. Rafael received could still increase because investigators were still conducting deepening. Given, the company has already handled many clients who experienced tax bookkeeping difficulties. Furthermore, the KPK named Rafael as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). He is suspected of diverting or disguising the hot money he received.

In this development, investigators confiscated a number of Rafael's assets. Among them were the Toyota Camry and Land Cruiser cars, a big motorbike of the Triumph 1,200 CC type. Not there, the anti-corruption commission confiscated 20 assets in the form of land and buildings spread across a number of cities such as Yogyakarta and Manado. The value reached Rp150 billion.