CNN Indonesia
Friday, 17 Mar 2023 09:06 WIB
Mahfud MD responded to disturbances in the flow of IDR 300 trillion at the Ministry. CNN Indonesia/Adhi Wicaksono
Jakarta, CNNIndonesia —
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD will explain about the strange transaction of IDR 300 trillion at the Ministry of Finance which is considered not classified as corruption and money laundering (TPPU).
He promised to explain this matter with Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani upon his return from a working visit to Australia.
“If there are strange purchases, there are strange transactions, how come it’s not corruption, not TPPU. That is what I will explain later with Mrs. Sri Mulyani,” Mahfud said on the sidelines of his working visit to Australia in a statement published by the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Friday (17/3).
“SAfter I return to Indonesia, I will explain. He said it was not corruption, not money laundering, so what, the numbers are clear what that is,” he added.
Mahfud emphasized that the public must get a complete explanation regarding this polemic. Mahfud said he and Sri Mulyani had the same vision and mission to reform the bureaucracy that was free from corruption.
“We are determined to fix our bureaucracy from corruption. Mrs. Sri Mulyani has worked hard to organize this country so that it is free from corruption. We are working together. The development is positive, the latest development I came here, there is a statement that it is not corruption, it is not ML. ” he said.
Mahfud who is also the Chairman of the Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU) emphasized that this polemic should not just stop.
Because of that, Mahfud has scheduled a meeting with PPATK and the Ministry of Finance to clarify this issue after returning from Australia next week.
“But I can’t explain from here. It’s not allowed, and it’s unethical,” he said.
Head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) Ivan Yustiavandana had previously clarified allegations of an Rp300 trillion odd transaction involving Ministry of Finance employees.
He said the transaction was not corruption perpetrated by employees of the Ministry of Finance, but tax and customs cases that were reported by his agency to the Ministry of Finance as an investigator for the predicate crime of Money Laundering (TPPU).
“We focused on discussing the statement regarding the transaction of IDR 300 trillion. It needs to be conveyed, as it is understood that the Ministry of Finance is one of the TPPU investigators as referred to in Law number 8 of 2010, thus we submit every case related to customs and taxation to the Ministry of Finance,” said Ivan a few days ago.
(rzr/DAL)
