Rafael Alun Will Soon Be Tried For Gratification Receipt

JAKARTA - Former Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo will soon be tried. He will be held accountable for his alleged acceptance of gratuities.

"The suspect and evidence from the investigation team have been handed over to the KPK prosecutor team with the suspect RAT (Rafael Alun Trisambodo)," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, July 31.

Meanwhile, other cases, namely the alleged money laundering (TPPU) are still being investigated.

"It's still a process to complete the evidence," said Ali.

Rafael will be detained again for 20 days until August 19, 2023, said Ali. The KPK prosecutor will also complete the indictment within two weeks.

"The prosecutor's team immediately prepared an indictment as well as transferred the case file to the corruption court within 14 working days," he said.

As previously reported, it is suspected that Rafael KPK received gratuities of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through his company, PT Artha Mega Ezadhana (AME). This acceptance has occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of the Audit, Investigation and Tax Collection Division 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 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, a big motorbike of the Triumph 1,200 CC type.

It did not stop there, the anti-corruption commission confiscated 20 assets in the form of land and buildings spread across a number of cities such as Yogyakarta and Manado. The value reaches Rp150 billion.