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Suwir Laut: The tax manager of agribusiness giant PT Asian Agri
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Suwir Laut: The tax manager of agribusiness giant PT Asian Agri. Suwir Laut. TEMPO/Amston Probel
JAKARTA: The tax manager of agribusiness giant PT Asian Agri was acquitted of a tax evasion charges by the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday.
The panel of judges said that the prosecutors’ indictment was weak.
“We hereby declare that prosecutors’ indictment is premature. And because of that the charge is unacceptable,” presiding judge Martin Ponto said on Thursday.
The panel of judges said that the prosecutors should have asked the Taxation Directorate General to issue a tax calculation form for the defendant.
Prosecutors demanded that the manager, Suwir Laut, be sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for allegedly submitting a false tax reports between 2002 and 2005 that allegedly caused Rp 1.259 trillion (US$137 million) in state losses.
Suwir’s attorney, Muhammad Assegaf, said that the judge ruling did not state whether his client was guilty or not, only saying that the indictment was premature.
