KPK Ensures Lost Evidence In Tax Bribery Case Will Not Affect Investigation

DOK ANTARA/Chairman of KPK Firli Bahuri

JAKARTA - The loss of evidence in the bribery case at the Directorate General of Taxes will not affect the investigation.

This affirmation was conveyed by the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri. Firli responded to the incident of missing evidence when KPK investigators conducted a search at the PT Jhonlin Baratama office in South Kalimantan.

Firli said the KPK could have obtained evidence from other places suspected of being related to a bribery case involving the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Tax Inspection and Billing Director, Angin Prayitno Aji.

"Wherever there is evidence that we suspect we will do a search. Whether it is somewhere, at home, in the yard, in a closed place where we think it has something to do with a criminal act, of course we will search for evidence," Firli said at a press conference. at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, May 4.

The KPK did not get anything from the search at the PT Jhonlin Baratama office on Friday, April 9. Information on this activity is suspected to have leaked because documents were retrieved by truck.

Later, public reports revealed that a truck was suspected of carrying evidence related to this case. The truck was seen in Hampang District, Kota Baru Regency, South Kalimantan.

It's just that this truck has moved locations so that the KPK is currently continuing its search.

Previously reported, the KPK named two officials at the Directorate General of Taxes as suspects.

The two people are the Director of Audit and Collection at the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji and the Head of the Sub-Directorate for Cooperation and Audit Support at the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani.

The determination of the suspect was made after the KPK conducted an examination of 30 witnesses who were suspected of knowing the suspects' actions.

In addition, the KPK also named four other suspects in the alleged bribery. They are three tax consultants, namely Ryan Ahmad Ronas, Aulia Imran Maghribi, and Agus Susetyo as well as a taxpayer attorney, Veronika Lindawati.

In this case, Angin together with Dadan are suspected of receiving money three times in 2018-2019.

In January-February 2018, there was a receipt of Rp. 15 billion in cash which was submitted by representatives of PT GMP, namely Ryan Ahmad and Aulia Imran.

Furthermore, receipts were also made in mid-2018 in the amount of 500 thousand Singapore dollars submitted by Veronika Lindawati as a representative of PT BPI. This figure is part of the agreed commitment of IDR 25 billion.

The last receipt of money was in July-September 2019. This money was received from the representative of PT Jhonlin Baratama, namely Agung Susetyo worth 3 million Singapore dollars.