JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined the East Java cigarette entrepreneur, Martinus Suparman, today, April 1. He will be questioned as a witness in the bribery and gratification case related to the import of goods at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Customs and Excise.
"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building," KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters, Wednesday, April 1.
Budi did not specify what materials would be investigated by investigators from Martinus. However, the KPK has examined the cigarette entrepreneur from Central Java, Liem Eng Hwie on March 31.
During the examination, investigators questioned Liem, who is an exporter of the cigarette industry, regarding the process and mechanism in handling taxes for his products. Similar information will actually also be investigated from other cigarette entrepreneurs, namely Rokhmawan and Benny Tan.
However, the two did not meet the call so that the rescheduling would be carried out.
The KPK previously suspected that there were cigarette manufacturers who gave bribes to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) to circumvent taxes from the Java Island region. The findings were revealed after Budiman Bayu Prasojo as Head of the P2 Tax Intelligence Section of the DJBC was named a suspect and detained on Friday, February 27.
This determination is an expansion of the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on February 4. At that time, six suspects were announced, one of which was the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) for the period 2024-2026, Rizal.
Then, it was also determined as a suspect, namely Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) as Head of the Sub Directorate of Intelligence, Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasubdit Intel P2 DJBC); Orlando Hamonangan (ORL) as Head of the Intelligence Section of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasi Intel DJBC); John Field (JF) as owner of PT Blueray (BR); Andri as Head of the Import Documents Team of PT BR; and Dedy Kurniawan as Operational Manager of PT BR.
"Currently, some of them are from Central Java and there are also East Java," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, March 2.
These cigarette entrepreneurs are suspected of buying tax tape at a lower rate in large quantities. In fact, there is a difference in tariffs for the results of manual home industry products and using machines.
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