Following Angin Prayitno, Head Of Sub-Directorate For Cooperation And Audit Support Of The Directorate General Of Taxes Detained By KPK

KPK press conference

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained the Head of the Sub-directorate of Audit Cooperation and Support at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Dadan Ramdani. He is a suspect in the alleged bribery case related to tax audits in 2016-2017.

"Detention will be carried out for the first 20 days starting from August 13, 2021 to September 1, 2021," said KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron in a press conference broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Friday, August 13.

Dadan will be detained at the KPK Rutan Branch Lot C1 but he will first carry out self-isolation to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

In this case, the KPK named two officials at the Directorate General of Taxes as suspects, namely 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.

The current wind has been restrained since 4 May. The detention was carried out at the KPK Rutan, the Red and White Building Branch since 4 May.

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 KPK explained that Angin and Dadan were suspected of receiving 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.