An NGO has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to explore the possibility that Hadi Purnomo committed money laundering offenses when he served as taxation director general in 2001-2004
n NGO has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to explore the possibility that Hadi Purnomo committed money laundering offenses when he served as taxation director general in 2001-2004.
Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Firdaus Ilyas said it was crucial for the KPK to further investigate the true origins of Hadi's wealth.
'The public is now questioning the legitimacy of Hadi's wealth when he was a taxation director general,' he said as quoted by kompas.com on Thursday.
On Monday, the KPK named Hadi, who is also former Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) chief, a graft suspect for allegedly abusing his authority to approve a tax objection worth Rp 5.7 trillion (US$490.2 million) requested by the country's largest private bank, Bank Central Asia (BCA).
Firdaus said from wealth disclosure forms (LHKPN), the KPK could asses whether Hadi's assets could be categorized normal or not. He added that the commission should widen the inquiry into Hadi to include his wife and other family members.
'The KPK must be encouraged to apply not only corruption but also money laundering laws in the Hadi case, but it will depend on what evidence it can find,' said Firdaus.
He said there was a possibility that the KPK would find signs of money laundering offenses in the graft case.
Based on the LHKPN submitted in 2010, Hadi's wealth amounted to Rp 38.8 billion.
Meanwhile, some of his properties were obtained before 2002. In such a case, Firdaus acknowledged that the KPK could not apply the corruption law as it was created after 2002. However, the commission must first scrutinize whether the wealth was truly obtained before that year. (ebf)
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