KPK Cancels Examination Of Former Director Of Investigation At The Directorate General Of Taxes Due To Illness

Acting Spokesperson for the Corruption Eradication Committee Ali Fikri (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators canceled examining the Director of Investigation at the Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance, Angin Prayitno Aji.

Originally, investigators would examine Angin related to the investigation of 2016 and 2017 tax audit bribery cases at the Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance (Kemkeu).

Acting KPK spokesman, Ali Fikri, said that Angin did not answer the investigators' summons on the grounds that he was sick. "Asked for a reschedule because of illness," said Ali Fikri, Jakarta, Wednesday, April 21.

According to Ali, Angin Prayitno Aji will be recalled on April 28, 2021. The KPK calls on Angin and other parties to cooperate by fulfilling the investigators' summons.

The KPK is currently investigating a case of alleged bribery worth tens of billions of rupiah in connection with a decrease in the value of taxes at the Tax Directorate General (Ditjen) of the Ministry of Finance (Kemkeu).

In the process of handling corruption cases carried out by the KPK, upgrading the status of cases to the investigation stage is accompanied by the determination of suspects.

Until now, the KPK has not provided an official statement regarding the construction of the case or the party that holds the status of a suspect in the case. In accordance with the current policy of the KPK leadership, the anti-corruption agency will announce the detailed case construction and the names of those named as suspects after forced attempts to detain or arrest the suspect.

However, based on the information gathered, there are two tax officials who have assumed the status of suspects in this case, namely Angin Prayitno Aji as Director of Audit and Collection at the Directorate General of Taxes and Dadan Ramdani as Head of the Sub-Directorate for Cooperation and Audit Support at the Directorate General of Taxes.

The two state administrators are suspected of accepting bribes from several consultants and tax proxies in a number of companies. The information said that Angin and Dadan were suspected of accepting bribes from Ryan Ahmad Ronas, Aulia Imran Maghribi as the tax consultant for PT Gunung Madu Plantations, and Veronika Lindawati as the taxpayer attorney for PT Bank Pan Indonesia or Bank Panin, and Agus Susetyo as the tax consultant regarding tax audits PT Jhonlin Baratama.