Jakarta –
Member of Commission III DPR Faction Democrats Benny K Harman questioned the alleged suspicious transactions of Rp. 349 trillion in money laundering which dragged the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) into the proceeds of crime. Benny considered it only appropriate if the Minister of Finance (Minister of Finance) Sri Mulyani became furious about the accusation.
This was conveyed by Benny at the DPR Commission III meeting with the National Coordinating Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (KNK-PP-TPPU) at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (11/4/2023). Chairman of the KNK-PP-TPPU Mahfud Md and committee member Sri Mulyani attended the meeting.
“We want to ask what was conveyed by the head of PPATK and the chairman of the committee whether the suspicious transaction or the value of Rp. 349 trillion was the proceeds of crime or the proceeds of crime,” said Benny when delivering his response on behalf of his faction.
Benny said that if it was just a suspicious transaction, it would be followed up with an Analysis Report (LHA) and an Examination Report (LHP). Benny understood that in its development Sri Mulyani became furious because of an accusation.
“Because if this is a financial transaction that is suspected of being suspicious, of course it will be followed up with analysis and also enforcement of LHA/LHP, but if from the beginning an adjustment has been made that this is money laundering, money proceeds from a crime, then this will certainly be a problem,” said the Democrat Waketum. This.
“And I think the Minister of Finance deserves to be a bit angry when there are accusations like that,” he added.
Benny admitted that he communicated with Mahfud as chairman of this related committee. According to him, the accusations that emerged could not be taken for granted.
“So at that time I asked the Coordinating Minister for this was an accusation which of course could not be taken for granted and we as people’s representatives really wanted to know what really happened within this Ministry of Finance,” said Benny.
Benny also asked for this to be analyzed further. If indeed this transaction originates from crime money, Benny wants to know what the crime was.
“Is this a suspicious transaction that needs further analysis or is the IDR 349 trillion figure the result of a crime and our question is of course what the crime was,” he continued.
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