Former Director General Of Taxes Dadan Ramdani Will Immediately Be Tried

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JAKARTA - The suspect in the alleged tax audit bribery case, the former Head of the Sub-Directorate of Audit Cooperation and Support at the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani (DR) will soon be tried.

This was done because his files had been declared complete by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"The KPK investigation team has carried out Phase II (Submission of Suspects and Evidence) to the prosecutor team with the suspect DR because the case files have been declared complete", Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri told reporters, Wednesday, September 15.

Furthermore, the authority to detain Dandan was transferred and continued by the team of prosecutors. He will be detained for 20 days from September 14 to October 3 at the KPK Rutan Kavling C1.

In addition, the prosecutor has 14 working days to prepare the indictment and submit it to the Jakarta Corruption Court.

"The trial will be held at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court", said Ali.

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 Support. Examination 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 IDR 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 IDR 25 billion.

The most recent receipt of money took place in July-September 2019. The suspects received this money from representatives of PT Jhonlin Baratama, namely Agung Susetyo, worth 3 million Singapore dollars.