JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined the Director of Inspection of the Directorate General of Taxes of the Ministry of Finance, Angin Prayitno Aji.

Angin Prayitno was investigated as a witness for a number of things, including the alleged receipt of money in the tax bribery case.

"Investigators confirm the witness' knowledge of the alleged receipt of a sum of money during the 2016 and 2017 tax audits," said Acting KPK spokesman for the field of prosecution Ali Fikri to reporters, Thursday, April 29.

Apart from that, during the examination, Angin was also questioned regarding his main duties and functions at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance.

"The full statement has been stated in the witness' BAP which will be opened at the Corruption Court trial," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK is investigating a case of suspected 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 (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.


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