Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Wednesday reported to the
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that an alleged graft case had taken
place at the Taxation Directorate in 2004, causing up to Rp 1.6 billion in
state losses.
Direct appointments and illegal transactions had taken place in a project that
was meant to compile information for a taxation database for land and buildings
in Central Java, ICW data and analysis chief Firdaus
Ilyas said Wednesday.
"We suspect there was a conspiracy between private companies PT Disiplan
Consult, Exsa International and Sucofindo that took part in a project tender to
help Sucofindo win the tender," Firdaus told journalists at the KPK
headquarters in Jakarta.
The companies had fixed prices for the project and had directed Sucofindo to be
the tender winner, with help from the project organizer and a tax official
identified as AB, he said.
"Sucofindo created five fictitious contracts worth Rp 1. 6 billion, thus
causing the project value to increase to Rp 3.1 billion. The company, instead,
gave Rp 1.6 billion to Disiplan Consult and Exsa for their help during the
bidding process," he said.
The embezzlement was also recorded by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) that reported
there had been a misappropriation of Rp 1.6 billion from Central
Java's 2004 budget, Firdaus said. (dre)
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