Correct Mahfud MD's Statement, Sri Mulyani: All PPATK Letters Have Been Followed Up By The Ministry Of Finance

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani straightened out the suspicion of Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD regarding the Ministry of Finance who silenced suspicious transaction reports.

Sri Mulyani denied that the Ministry of Finance had received 266 letters from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) and all of them had been followed up.

"From the letter, we have followed up on everything. Yesterday Pak Mahfud gave an impression as if there was no follow-up, we want to straighten out this afternoon." Sri said, Saturday, March 11.

"All letters from PPATK sent to us, either our request is 185 or the initiative of PPATK 81, everything is followed up," continued Sri Mulyani.

It is known that this letter is an accumulation from 2007 to 2023 and it identifies 964 ASN within the Ministry of Finance involving suspicious transactions.

He further detailed that as many as 86 letters had been followed up by collecting additional evidence and information or pulbaket. This was done because the available information was inadequate and needed additional information from the inspectorate general.

The Ministry of Finance also conducted an investigative audit of 126 cases and recommendations for disciplinary punishment for 352 employees.

"This disciplinary law refers to the ASN and PP Law regarding ASN, namely PP No 94 of 2021 concerning ASN discipline," continued Sri Mulyani.

He also said that if there were several PPATK letters that could not be followed up because the employees in question were retired, no further information was found regarding the transaction or the employees in question were not from the Ministry of Finance.

"There are 16 cases that we have transferred to the Law Enforcement Apparatus (APH). Because we are the state treasurer. If there is a case involving legal action, whether it is a crime, that is what we will convey to APH whether it is the KPK, the Prosecutor's Office or the Police. We are working with APH, follow up with law enforcement," concluded Sri Mulyani.

Previously, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD explained that suspicious transactions at the Ministry of Finance worth IDR 300 trillion were an accumulation since 2009 involving 460 people.

Mahfud said the report since 2009 regarding the odd transaction did not immediately receive a response until it finally piled up.

According to Mahfud, the case of former Directorate General of Taxes Rafael Alun Trisambodo, sometimes new responses are given and opened to the public after sticking out cases on the surface.

"Sometimes when the response appears after becoming a case like Rafael's. Rafael becomes a case and then opens, you know this has been reported but how come it'sdiemin like that, it can only be opened now," he said.