KPK Confiscates 20 Assets Of Rafael Alun Building Worth IDR 150 Billion

Rafael Alun Trisambodo at the KPK building (Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscated 20 lands and buildings belonging to former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo. The assets are spread across three cities and are suspected of being related to gratification and money laundering.

"First, as many as six plots of land and buildings are in Jakarta, three assets in Yogyakarta, and 11 in Manado, North Sulawesi," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Thursday, June 22.

Dozens of assets were confiscated to maximize the return of state losses. All of these assets are estimated at hundreds of billions.

"The total amount of 20 confiscated assets reached Rp150 billion," he said.

This value is still increasing. Ali said the anti-corruption commission was still looking for the assets of Sri Mulyani's former subordinates, which allegedly came from the results of gratification.

Previously, it was suspected that the KPK received gratuities of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through its 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 again 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, big motorbikes of the Triumph 1,200 CC type to rented buildings in Meruya, West Jakarta and boarding houses in Blok M, South Jakarta.