Rafael Alun's Wife And Children Are Targeted By The KPK Regarding Sources Of Money To Buy Luxury Assets

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have examined the wives and children of former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo, Ernie Meike Torondek and Christofer Dhyaksa Dharma on Thursday, July 27. Both were questioned about the luxury assets that had been confiscated.

"Witnesses were present and their knowledge was investigated, among others, regarding the ownership of various luxury assets of the RAT suspect that were confiscated," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Friday, July 28.

Apart from Ernie and Christofer, investigators also asked the same thing to two other witnesses. They are the private party Aming Sandi Laksana and the Director of CV Rajawali Diesel Untung Sandi Wijaya.

Not only that, investigators also explored the origin of the money when the purchase was made. And the use of the name of the asset in question,' said Ali.

Rafael is suspected of having received gratuities of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through his company, PT Artha Mega Ekadhana (AME). This acceptance has occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of Audit, Investigation, and Tax Collection at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes East Java 1.

Rafael's number of gratuities can still increase because investigators are still continuing to investigate. Given that the company has handled many clients who have difficulty reporting tax books.

Next, the KPK named Rafael as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). He is suspected of diverting or disguising the hot money he received.

In this development, investigators confiscated a number of Rafael's assets. Among them are Toyota Camry and Land Cruiser cars, a big motorbike of the Triumph 1,200 CC type.

It did not stop there, the anti-corruption commission confiscated 20 assets in the form of land and buildings spread across a number of cities such as Yogyakarta and Manado. The value reaches Rp150 billion.