After Summoning Panin Bank Officials, The KPK Immediately Confiscated Evidence Of Suspected Corruption At The Directorate General Of Taxes

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscated evidence after summoning the Head of the Financial Administration Bureau (Chief of Finance Officer) PT Bank Panin Indonesia, Marlina Gunawan.

Marlina was summoned in her capacity as a witness in the alleged corruption case at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes, Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, April 21 yesterday.

"Marlina Gunawan, a private employee-Head of the Financial Administration Bureau (Chief of Finance Officer) of PT. Bank Panin Indonesia, in question, was confiscated of various evidences that were found when the investigating team conducted a search at the PT Bank Panin office," said Acting KPK spokesman. Ali Fikri's Enforcement Division, Thursday, April 22.

During the investigation, the KPK also summoned the Director of Inspection of the Directorate General of Taxes of the Ministry of Finance (Directorate General of Taxes of the Ministry of Finance), Angin Prayitno Aji. However, he did not respond to investigators' summons because he was sick.

"The witness did not attend due to illness. The person concerned confirmed in writing to be rescheduled for April 28, 2021," said Ali.

Previously reported, the KPK is investigating a case of alleged bribery worth tens of billions of rupiah related to a decrease in the value of taxes at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes, Ministry of Finance.

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.