KPK Investigate Special Directions For 2 Suspects When Examining Taxes Of Several Companies, Including Bank Panin

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating a special directive from two officials at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance who are now suspects in the tax audit bribery case, Angin Prayitno Aji and Dadan Ramdani. The directive was given during a tax audit of the three companies.

The names of the companies are PT Bank Pan Indonesia (Bank Panin), PT Gunung Madu Plantations and PT Jhonlin Baratama.

The investigation was carried out by examining a civil servant of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance named Wahyu Santoso as a witness on Monday, August 23 yesterday.

"Santoso's revelation was confirmed, among others, related to the alleged existence of a special tax audit due to the direction of suspect APA and suspect DR for taxpayers PT GMP, PT BPI Tbk and PT JB," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri to reporters, Tuesday, 24 August.

In addition, the KPK investigated the allegation of foreign exchange which was then given to Angin Prayitno et al. This investigation was carried out by investigators to A. Sunardi who is a private party and the Head of the Kelapa Gading Branch of PT Binavalasindo Dollarasia Sejahtera Utama Rianhur Sinurat.

As previously reported, 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.

In addition, the anti-corruption commission 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.

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 received again occurred in July-September 2019. This money was received by the suspects from representatives of PT Jhonlin Baratama, namely Agung Susetyo, worth 3 million Singapore dollars.