Denies KPK Will Not Follow Up PPATK Report On Rafael In 2012, Abraham Samad: He Reported To The AGO

Abraham Samad/Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abraham Samad denied reports from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) in 2012 that the assets of former Financial Ministry official Rafael Alun Trisambodo were not followed up. This was conveyed in response to the statement by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD who said that PPATK had actually reported the oddities of transactions carried out by Rafael to the KPK. Samad said the KPK was not spearheaded but only received a copy letter. "So what actually happened was that PPATK reported it to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) and then the KPK only copied the report," Samad said when contacted by reporters, Tuesday, February 28. Samad said that the KPK at that time was only waiting for the AGO's follow-up. The reason is that they obey the rules in the KPK Law (UU) that only echelon II officials or their superiors can be handled with their fraudulent practices. "At that time, the KPK Law stated that state administrators were handled by the KPK, at least echelon II," he explained. "That's why PPATK reported to the Attorney General's Office because at that time, maybe, Rafael Alun in 2012 was still an echelon III or IV official at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance," continued Samad. Previously, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD revealed that unnatural financial transactions had actually been monitored since 2012. PPATK has sent it to a number of institutions, including the KPK. "The wealth report in question at PPATK has been sent by PPATK since 2012 regarding its somewhat strange financial transactions," Mahfud told reporters in Jakarta, Friday, February 24. Rafael's wealth was in the spotlight after his son, Mario Dandy Satrio, abused 17-year-old David. The video of the abuse was widely circulated on social media. As a result, a number of Mario videos that spread their wealth in the form of luxury motorbikes have become the spotlight of netizens. Not only that, the public also highlighted the ownership of the Rubicon car used when the persecution took place. As for the State Administrators Wealth Report (LHKPN), Rafael has a wealth of Rp56 billion. This figure was revealed based on the State Administrators Wealth Report (LHKPN) which was reported on February 17, 2022. The amount of wealth exceeds that of the Director General of Taxes Suryo Utomo of around Rp. 14 billion, who is Rafael's superior. Not arriving there, Rafael's assets were only narrowly lost to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani of Rp. 58 billion from the total assets of Rp. 67.2 billion minus debt.