KPK Is Busy Collecting Evidence To Investigate Allegations Of Money Laundering Wind Prayitno Who Has IDR 57 Billion In Assets

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to collect evidence of alleged money laundering carried out by the former Director of Examination and Collection of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu), Angin Prayitno Aji.

This was done after he was named a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). This determination was made after investigators developed the tax management bribery case that ensnared Wind.

"To complete the evidence that the Corruption Eradication Commission has, the collection of evidence is still ongoing", said KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, to reporters, Wednesday, February 16.

This search for evidence was carried out by examining several witnesses for questioning. Ali emphasized that the testimony given to investigators would shed light on the allegations of money laundering by Angin.

Moreover, he is suspected of deliberately disguising his wealth which is thought to have come from bribes.

The editorial team previously reported that the report on Angit Prayitno's wealth and the confiscated assets was very different. For details, please check the article here entitled 'Angin Prayitno Reports His Wealth Reaches IDR 18 Billion But KPK Confiscates Assets Worth IDR 57 Billion'

"The investigative team strongly suspects that the suspect APA was deliberately hiding and disguising the origin of his wealth, which is suspected to be the proceeds of a criminal act of corruption", said Ali.

For information, related to the collection of this evidence, several witnesses have been summoned. Recently, KPK investigators summoned five private parties, namely Jue, Titin, Appendi, Dede Mahpudi, and Supriyadi today or Wednesday, February 16.

These five witnesses were examined at the Bogor City Police Station. However, the material for the previous examination is not yet known.

In addition, the KPK has also examined five witnesses on Tuesday, February 15. They are Marisa, Moh. Anwar, Anwar, Aswita, and Endang are private parties.

From that examination, investigators explored the ownership of Wind's assets in the form of land in Bogor.

As previously reported, the Corruption Eradication Commission named Angin as a suspect in the alleged money laundering offenses on Tuesday, February 15 yesterday. He is suspected of disguising and concealing the proceeds of bribes he obtained by attempting to purchase assets.

Meanwhile, in the bribery case, Angin Prayitno Aji was sentenced to 9 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 300 million, subsidiary to 2 months in prison in the tax administration bribery case. Meanwhile, his colleague, Dadan Ramdani, was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of IDR 300 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

In addition, both of them are required to pay compensation for IDR 3.375 billion and 1.095 million Singapore dollars respectively, which is calculated at the 2019 Bank Indonesia Singapore dollar middle exchange rate, which is IDR 10,227 per Singapore dollar no later than 1 month after the decision is final and binding. Failure to do so will result in an additional 2 years imprisonment.

The verdicts and penalties were imposed because they accepted bribes to manipulate the results of the three tax audits, namely on taxpayers PT Gunung Madu Plantations (GMP) for the 2016 fiscal year, PT Panin Bank taxpayers for the 2016 fiscal year, and PT Jhonlin Baratama (JB) for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years.