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Sri Mulyani to work with Mahfud to tackle graft
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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani gives a statement concerning the judicial review of Law No. 11/2016 on tax amnesty at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta on Sept. 20, 2016. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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inance Minister Sri Mulyani “promises” to work with senior minister Mahfud MD to address reports about suspicious transactions amounting to Rp 300 trillion (US$19.4 billion) within tax and customs offices.
Sri Mulyani said that she was not aware of the figure of suspicious transactions reported, highlighting that the Rp 300 trillion figure was not included among the hundreds of reports from 2009-2022 from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) that she had received.
“I promise that I will meet with Pak Mahfud [once I return to Jakarta] and Pak Ivan to get to the bottom of what the problem is, where it took place and who is involved,” she told reporters on the sidelines on a visit with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Surakarta, Central Java, on Thursday
Sri Mulyani said she would investigate any possible foul play within the Finance Ministry with the help of Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud and PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana.
The minister would be “happy” to receive any help to “cleanse” the Finance Ministry, she said, though it was important to first ensure that all parties were working together using the same data and facts.
Of the hundreds of reports submitted by the PPATK, Sri Mulyani claimed that some had been followed up throughout the years, resulting in the removal and firing of some civil servants proven guilty.
