Transaction IDR 349 T Ministry of Finance
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud Md said that reports of suspicious transactions worth IDR 349 trillion at the Ministry of Finance which had been followed up by the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati did not necessarily mean that the case was completely resolved.
The Chairperson of the National Coordinating Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes (Committee for TPPU) explained that this was because ML could be traced further after the predicate crime was revealed. Then there will be many parties whose involvement can be investigated.
“So we will investigate further because according to the law the TPPU that is being followed up is not necessarily resolved,” Mahfud said as quoted from a video statement, Thursday (13/4/2023)
Therefore, he believes, from the various follow-ups that have been carried out by Sri Mulyani and her staff from the analysis report (LHA) or inspection report (LHP) provided by PPATK regarding the suspicious transaction, the TPPU Committee will investigate again.
“What has been followed up on, the results can be an entry point to enter into the TPPU process,” said Mahfud.
So, he has also proposed forming a joint team or task force to investigate more deeply the reports on the handling of suspicious transactions. The Task Force will also categorize which reports are completely complete and which can still be explored further.
“Well, the task force will later explore the things that were reported that the issues or problems have been followed up, many have been followed up,” he said.
Mahfud said this task force would involve PPATK, Directorate General of Taxes, Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Bareskrim Polri, Special Attorney General’s Office, OJK Supervision Division, BIN, and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. They will carry out supervision to follow up the entire LHA or LHP from PPATK regarding transactions of IDR 349 trillion at the Ministry of Finance.
Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati had previously disclosed evidence that the Ministry of Finance had followed up PPATK’s findings regarding suspicious transactions involving its employees. Hundreds of Ministry of Finance civil servants have also been subject to sanctions.
As for the Ministry of Finance employees who were involved in suspicious transactions worth IDR 3.3 trillion during those 15 years, there were 348 people, all of whom have been given sanctions according to the level of the violations committed. Those who were determined to receive disciplinary punishment from a total of 164 civil servants.
164 employees who were subject to this disciplinary punishment were dismissed, namely as many as 37 employees, then those who were subject to release from office were 20 employees, demotion of 64 employees, and a warning up to a delay in promotion of 43 employees.
“So if it is said that we will follow up on data and information from PPATK,” said Sri Mulyani during a public hearing at Commission III with Mahfud, Tuesday (11/4/2023)
Meanwhile, the process of 184 employees has been continued, some have gone to court or been acted upon by law enforcement officials, and some are still being processed by the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Finance. Those who have been sentenced by the court, said Sri Mulyani, are 13 employees.
Then there were 41 employees who entered the investigative or clarification audit process stage, regarding clearance for promotions or position transfers of 12 employees, and the employees concerned retired or resigned as many as 13 employees.
There were also those whose indications of violations had not been found, but the data from the PPATK report were used as employee profiles of 79 people, then there were employees whose employees were mentioned in several PPATK letters so that the data was doubled as many as 26 employees, and finally followed up by law enforcement officials as many as 9 letters or case.
“So for this we categorize that there has been a follow-up because of the letter, we will follow up on the data and information,” he said.
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