69 Ministry Of Finance Employees Allegedly Involved In Money Laundering Continues To Be Examined, Mostly From Taxes And Customs

JAKARTA - Inspector General (Irjen) of the Ministry of Finance, Awan Nurmawan Nuh, conveyed the latest developments on the examination of dozens of employees in the internal environment.

He said that a number of these individuals had red report cards in terms of upholding work integrity.

"We have investigated 69 employees who are at risk and will investigate if there are indications of violations found," he said when met at the office complex of the Ministry of Finance Jakarta on Wednesday, March 8.

Awan explained that the examination of the person concerned was based on data from the State Administrators Wealth Report (LHKPN) for the period 2020 and 2021.

He stated, although this is not a mitigating factor, the examination of the LHKPN of dozens of individuals was carried out virtually through the zoom application.

"For employees whose profile is red, the Inspectorate General formed a crash program. We summoned these employees on Monday and the target (check) was completed in two weeks," he said.

On the same occasion, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance Yustinus Prastowo revealed that these dozens of individuals mostly came from two strategic echelons 1 in the internal environment.

He conveyed this information when answering reporters' questions about the news that the employees of the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) and Customs and Excise dominated this case.

"Yes, that's right (at most from taxes and excise)," he said.

For information, as many as 69 employees of the Ministry of Finance are being investigated in an incentive because it is suspected of violating the principle of integrity in work, such as ownership of jumbo assets to suspicious alleged financial transactions.