Permanent Legal Force, Ex-tax Official Dadan Ramdani To Be Executed Immediately

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri (Photo: Wardhani Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) immediately executed the former Head of the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxation Cooperation and Support Sub-Directorate (Kasubdit) Dadan Ramdani. The execution was carried out because no appeal was filed in the tax administration bribery case.

"The case with the defendant Dadan Ramdani has obtained permanent legal force and the executing prosecutor will immediately carry out the execution of the judge's decision," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri in a written statement, Wednesday, March 2.

As for the former Director of Audit and Collection at the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji has now filed an appeal at the DKI Jakarta High Court. Against this submission, Ali emphasized that the KPK is ready to deal with it.

"Of course the KPK Prosecutor's team will immediately prepare a counter memorandum of appeal to refute all of the objections submitted by the accused," he said.

"We hope that the panel of judges at the appellate level will reject the defendant's legal efforts and decide as demanded by the prosecutor in the case," added Ali. As previously reported, Angin Prayitno Aji was sentenced to 9 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 2 months in prison. Meanwhile, Dadan Ramdani was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

In addition, both of them are required to pay compensation in the amount of IDR 3.375 billion and 1.095 million Singapore dollars respectively, which is calculated using 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 bribes were received to manipulate the results of the three tax audits, namely PT Gunung Madu Plantations (GMP) for the 2016 tax year, PT Panin Bank for the 2016 tax year, and PT Jhonlin Baratama (JB) for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years.