Angry, KPK Ultimatum Witness In The Directorate General Of Taxes Bribery Case

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) asked the witnesses who were summoned in the alleged tax audit case at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance to cooperate and be able to fulfill the summons of investigators.

This request was made after three witnesses who were former employees of PT Jhonlin Baratama, namely Fahrial, Fahruzzaini, and Ozzy Reza Pahlevi and a tax consultant, Agus Susetyo, did not attend the examination scheduled for Wednesday, June 2 yesterday.

"All witnesses were absent and did not provide confirmation," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri told reporters, Wednesday, June 3.

Furthermore, the KPK will send summons for the four witnesses. "KPK reminds cooperative witnesses to be present at the next summons," said Ali.

Previously, the KPK named two officials as suspects. They 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 of Cooperation and Audit Support of the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani.

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

The determination of the suspect was carried out after the KPK examined 30 witnesses who were suspected of knowing the actions of the suspects.

In this case, Angin and Dadan are suspected of having received money three times in 2018-2019. In January-February 2018 there was a cash receipt of Rp. 15 billion which was handed over 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 which was submitted by Veronika Lindawati as a representative of PT BPI. This figure is part of the commitment that has been approved, which is Rp. 25 billion.

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