The Corruption Eradication Commission Admits There Are Difficulties In Corruption Cases At The Directorate General Of Taxes

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) asked the public not to compare the process of investigating alleged corruption at the Directorate General of Taxes in 2016-2017. The reason is, this case is complicated to work with.

"We have to see that there are several cases of complexity level", said the KPK spokesman Ali Fikri at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, April 15.

This complexity or intricacy occurs because there are conflicting rules and must be studied carefully. "How should we (study, red) tax administration or corruption", he said.

For this reason, the KPK then asked the public to be patient. Moreover, investigators in this case need to gather evidence and go deep into the case.

"We need time, we need our own strategy", he said.

Previously reported, the alleged corruption crime at the Directorate General of Taxes was confirmed by the KPK Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata. on Tuesday, March 2nd. Despite confirming the investigation, the anti-graft commission has not yet wanted to announce a suspect in the case.

"We are really investigating, but the suspect will be named later. In that investigation, we are looking for evidence to determine the suspect. This is what we are doing", Alex told reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

The KPK, he continued, had named a suspect in this case. However, he did not want to explain further considering that the investigating team is currently still working on gathering evidence in the case.

Alex had leaked the mode of the tax corruption case he was currently investigating. According to him, the mode used in this case was the same as the case that had been handled by the KPK, namely that taxpayers gave bribes to tax auditors so that the tax value was low.

In addition, he also explained that the value of tax bribes that has occurred currently is around tens of billions of rupiah. "The bribes are also in the tens of billions. It is not wrong that it also involves a team of examiners. If the tax is that way, how do you make the taxpayer pay low taxes by bribing the examiner so that the tax is lowered", said Alex.