Investigating Panji Gumilang’s Money Laundering Crime, Criminal Investigation Unit Examined 16 Fund Senders

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police (Bareskrim Polri) has requested information from 21 out of 40 witnesses in the investigation into the alleged Money Laundering Crime (TPPU) involving Panji Gumilang. Some of them are the senders of funds to accounts related to Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding Schools (Ponpes).

"The National Police have conducted interviews with 21 witnesses out of 40 people invited, including 16 witnesses from the party as the sender of funds," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Monday, August 14.

Meanwhile, the other five witnesses are the Islamic Education Foundation (YPI).

Then, continued Ramadhan, investigators are also said to have scheduled an examination of two people from the foundation today. The inspection process is carried out online.

"The National Police is carrying out an in-depth study with foundation experts, crime experts, and experts related to ML from the PPATK," he said.

In fact, investigators have also scheduled the process of holding the case on Wednesday, August 16. Later, internal and external Polri parties will also be involved.

Generally, internal parties who are involved in the process of filing cases are, the Division of Profession and Internal Security (Propam), General Supervision Inspectorate (Irwasum), the Legal Division, and the Wasidik Bureau. Meanwhile, externally, such as the National Police Commission (Kompolnas).

"Sending invitations to the internal and external parties of the National Police," Ramadhan said.

Previously, it was reported that the Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan revealed that his party found conformity with the results of the financial transaction analysis report from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) regarding the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU) by Panji Gumilang.

This conformity, he said, was obtained from the results of Panji Gumilang's statement after an examination was carried out on Monday, August 7. He admitted that all transactions related to finance at the Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Foundation (YPI) had to be based on orders from Panji Gumilang.

"This means that he (Panji Gumilang) conveyed that what was conveyed by PPATK friends was appropriate, that APG's (Panji Gumilang) personal account was used to carry out operations for the foundation," said Whisnu

In addition, as a result of the investigation, Panji Gumilang was said to have admitted that he was the Chairman of the YPI Advisory Board, had carried out or conveyed that all transactions related to YPI's finances had to be based on his orders.

"We suspect that there are allegations related to foundation crime where hundreds of APG accounts were used to receive boss funds, also received the flow of foundation income funds, that's what we are investigating," he said.