Former Officials Of The Directorate General Of Taxes, Angin Prayitno And Dadan Ramdani, Will Be Tried Soon

DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Two officials from the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance, namely Angin Prayitno and Dadan Ramdani, will soon be tried at the Jakarta Corruption Court. Both of them were involved in the 2016-2017 tax audit bribery case.

"KPK Prosecutor Riniyati Karnasih has transferred the case files of Defendant Angin Prayitno and Defendant Dadan Ramdani to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters, Friday, September 17.

The delegation from the prosecutor to the court was carried out on Thursday, September 16. Subsequently, the detention of these two defendants became the authority of the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court.

"Furthermore, we are waiting for the appointment of the Panel of Judges and the determination of the day of the trial with the first agenda being the reading of the indictment," said Ali.

In this case, the two defendants were charged with Article 12 letter a of the Anti-Corruption Law Article 55 paragraph 1 to (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code or Article 11 of the Anti-Corruption Law Article 55 paragraph 1 to (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph 1 KUHP.

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 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.

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 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.