the Corruption Eradication Commission Examines Angin Prayitno Aji Regarding Bribery Case At The Directorate General Of Taxes

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the former Director of Tax Inspection of the Ministry of Finance, Angin Prayitno Aji. He will be investigated in connection with the tax audit bribery case being investigated by the anti-graft commission.

"Summoned and examined as a witness for alleged corruption in receiving gifts or promises related to tax audits for 2016-2017 at the Directorate General of Taxes", said KPK spokesman for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri to reporters, Wednesday, April 28.

Currently, Angin has been present at the KPK's Red and White House and is undergoing questioning.

Previously, the KPK had summoned Angin Praytno on Wednesday, April 21. However, at that time he admitted to being sick so he did not fulfill 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 Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes, 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.