TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Mahfud MD mentioned reports about suspicious transactions of up to IDR 300 trillion at the Ministry of Finance (Ministry of Finance) has existed since 2009. However, Mahfud said the Ministry of Finance as the recipient of the report did not respond to this.
This report on the Rp300 trillion transaction excludes the Rp500 billion odd transaction from the account of former Director General of Taxation official Rafael Alun Trisambodo and his family.
“But since 2009 because the report was notupdate, the information is not given a response. Sometimes the response comes after a case has occurred, like Rafael’s. That Rafael became a case after it was opened. Loh, why has this been reported (Ministry of Finance)? Only now and then,” Mahfud said in a video statement uploaded to the Indonesian Ministry of Politics, Law and Security’s YouTube account, Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Mahfud said there were around 168 reports of suspicious transactions from 2009 to 2023 involving 460 people at the Ministry of Finance. However, there was no response to the report, waiting for other parties, such as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), to investigate.
“In the past, Wind Prayitno was the same, no one knew up to hundreds of billions. It was revealed by the KPK that it was just opened,” said Mahfud.
Mahfud Doesn’t Blame Sri Mulyani
Mahfud said he did not blame Sri Mulyani for the accumulation of reports that were not followed up. According to him, these cases have been reported until the Minister of Finance has changed four times.
“Well, that’s due to extraordinary busyness, so I just need a system. I really respect and salute Mrs. Sri Mulyani, who is so great at cleaning it up, has taken quick measures for a long time,” said Mahfud.
In addition, Mahfud suspects that the report was stagnant because the Director General at the Ministry of Finance did not report to their superiors about the alleged suspicious transaction. They, said Mahfud, probably considered the suspicious transaction to be a minor case and not a problem.
“It turns out that if you don’t think there is a problem, now there is a problem. It’s okay, I think we have to help Mrs Sri Mulyani, Mrs Sri Mulyani is solving it,” said Mahfud.
