The South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Has Forcibly Picked Up The Tax Corruption Suspect.

Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Abdullah Noer Denny/ANTARA

PALEMBANG - The South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office forcibly picked up one suspect suspected of being a criminal act of gratification in a tax corruption case.

One of the three suspects, namely (FF) is the President Director of PT Inti Dwitama in the alleged corruption in fulfilling tax obligations in several companies in 2019-2021.

Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the South Sumatra Attorney General's Office Abdullah Noer Denny said the suspect was forced pick-up from Bandung City, West Java to Palembang City, South Sumatra using a plane.

The suspect was taken to the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office for examination as a suspect.

"Investigators made a forced pick-up effort so they were detained yesterday, so today we will take the person concerned to the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 4.

Before being named a suspect, FF had been examined as a witness at the West Java High Prosecutor's Office.

"Incidentally, the person concerned is domiciled in Kuningan, West Java, yesterday we examined him as a witness at the West Java Prosecutor's Office," he said.

The reason the investigating team forcibly picked up the suspect was that FF was absent from the investigation team's summons.

"In the initial examination, we examined the person concerned in Bandung, West Java, because yesterday he was still a witness so that after several exposures, finally there were indications that he was involved as a giver. We finally called again, instead of calling here he was absent again, it's better if we call again to the West Java Kejari," he said.

Meanwhile, the mode used by the suspect FF is a collaboration between tax ASN personnel and third parties who are gratuities providers.

"Because in the series of facts, it seems that the mode used is cooperation between ASN and third parties," he said.

For the value of gratification, it varies and the flow of money is received by the suspects, unscrupulous tax workers.

"From several third parties, the average varies, some are three hundred million, then five hundred million," he concluded.

Regarding the development of this case, the South Sumatra Kejari has named a total of six suspects. Three of them are tax employees and three other suspects, namely the company officials who gave gratuities to the suspects of tax employees.