Sri Mulyani Outlines Antigraft Campaign at Ministry

Jakarta Globe

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani (EPA Photo)

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani held a press conference on Tuesday outlining the ministry’s plans to investigate the Gayus Tambunan case and other possible instances of corruption within the tax office. Here are some key steps the ministry plans to take.

1. Investigate staff members; take legal action against taxpayers and Tax Court Judges as well, if they are implicated in corruption.
   
   
2. Review the tax payment system and form a team to investigate conflicts of interests in it.
   
   
3. Compile information and data on suspicious transactions reported by PPATK.
   
   
4. Increase information sharing with the PPATK. For instance, the ministry never received information about Gayus Tambunan’s bank transactions from the PPATK.
   
   
5. Starting next week, PPATK will report on all transactions by Finance Ministry employees, including officials.
   
   
6. Take action on suspicious transactions by any ministry employee.
   
   
7. Intensify monitoring of investigations, conducting weekly meetings to follow up.
   
   
8. Create a whistleblower mechanism to detect suspicious behavior among employees.
   
   
9. Evaluate how Gayus’s actions went undetected.
   
   
10. Evaluate the Tax Court system for problems in structure or personnel.
    
    

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