Two Ex-Directorate General Of Taxes To Have First Trial In Case Of Alleged Bribery

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court will hold the first trial of the 2016-2017 tax audit bribery case.

Where, sitting two people as defendants, namely former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance, Angin Prayitno and Dadan Ramdani.

"Today, Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in accordance with the determination of the Panel of Judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court, there is an agenda for reading the indictments of Defendant Angin Prayitno and Defendant Dadan Ramdani by the Prosecutor's Team," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri in his statement, Wednesday, September 22.

The trial of the case, said Ali, was held face-to-face or offline. Thus, the two defendants will be presented in person in court.

"The defendants will be presented in person before the court," said Ali.

For information, 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.