Corruption in Directorate General of Taxation
Former official of the Directorate General of Taxation at the Ministry of Finance, Rafael Alun Trisambodo, will be sentenced today. The prosecutors of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) previously demanded Rafael to be sentenced to 14 years in prison for allegedly using his position to commit corruption and money laundering. If the Panel of Judges decides in favor of the KPK and eventually the public, then the outcome of the trial can be predicted. It is hoped that the decision will be a new start for the Ministry of Finance to reform the Directorate General of Taxation, however, we cannot forget that in more than a decade, there have been dozens of officials at the same directorate general who have also been convicted of corruption.
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