Again, Rafael Alun's Property Confiscated By The KPK

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). BETWEEN/Fianda Sjofjan Rassat

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscated the assets of former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo. Property related to alleged money laundering continues to be pursued. "This is an update, yes. In one of the special provinces in Central Java, we have also confiscated property," Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu told reporters, Monday night, June 5. Asep has not detailed the value and location of the confiscated assets. Even so, the anti-corruption commission has confiscated various types of assets belonging to Rafael Alun and the most luxurious is property. "Because property because in addition to its value continues to increase, that property. Property in the city may have been obtained a few years ago, currently it has also increased in value. More on property actually," he explained. Rafael is suspected of having received gratuities of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through his 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.