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View all search resultsA graft case implicating businessman Ramapanicker Rajamohanan Nair and tax official Handang Soekarno has brought President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s brother-in-law, Arif Budi Sulistyo, into the fold, as he gave testimony in his capacity as a witness in the case’s fourth hearing on Monday.
Responding to a claim made during a court hearing on Monday that Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan had played a role in a corruption case, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Tuesday that it had taken note of the allegation.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Thursday evening that he respected and would not intervene in an ongoing investigation of a bribery case involving his brother in-law Arif Budi Sulistyo, currently underway at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
The Directorate General of Taxation then pursued Google for five years of back taxes and estimated that the company owes at least $400 million. Recently, however, the media reported that after so much effort Indonesia nearly closed the Google tax case for $73 million, less than 20 percent of the estimation.
The lawyers representing Rajamohanan Nair, a suspect in an alleged tax evasion ploy implicating an official at the Finance Ministry’s Directorate General of Taxation, have claimed that the businessman had fallen victim to extortion attempts committed by officials at the tax office.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla has warned people not to take part in a tax evasion by putting their illegal assets in someone else's name. He emphasized that the person acting as the "shell" would be the one who faced the legal consequences
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