Mahfud MD Asks Law Enforcers To Investigate Alleged Transactions Of Odd Election Campaign Funds

Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Mahfud MD/ANTARA/Hana Kinarina

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD asked law enforcement officials to investigate alleged odd transactions related to the 2024 General Election following the findings of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

Mahfud explained that law enforcement officials, such as the Prosecutor's Office, the Police, the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) must investigate how, where, and where the flow of funds related to the 2024 General Election was found to be odd by the PPATK because it is prone to leading to money laundering (TPPU).

"It must be examined by the prosecutor's office if it is reported by the prosecutor's office, by the KPK if it is reported to the KPK, by the police if it is reported to the police," said Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud Md. after meeting with the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Churches (PGI) at the PGI office, Central Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 19.

He said that PPATK, in this case, is indeed a legal instrument formed by law to investigate such things.

Therefore, Mahfud said that further investigation has become the responsibility of law enforcement officials because the data provided by PPATK is not only detailed, but also credible.

"I am the head of the national task force for money laundering, I know. And the work of PPATK which is quite good, finds things like that," he continued.

Previously, PPATK Head Ivan Yustiavandana stated that transaction reports allegedly related to money laundering in the 2024 election campaign increased in Semester II 2023.

"We see transactions related to the massive election report to PPATK. The increase is more than 100 percent. In cash transactions, suspicious financial transactions, we are investigating this," said Ivan after attending the Dissemination event: Securing the results of Cross-Border Crimes in Jakarta, Thursday (14/12).

Ivan explained that PPATK found several campaign activities without moving transactions in a special account of campaign funds (RKDK).

In 2022, it is known that in the period 2016 to 2021, PPATK has made 297 analytic results involving 1,315 entities with a nominal number of activities suspected of being involved with criminal acts reaching Rp38 trillion.

PPATK also made 11 examination results involving 24 entities with a value of Rp221 trillion.