The tax embezzlement case at the Kupang City Revenue Agency (Bapenda)\nin East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) continues to expand. The number of\nperpetrators has increased to four after the team uncovered three other\ngovernment employees on contract (PPPK) suspected of involvement.<\/p>\n
Kupang City Secretary Jeffry Pelt stated that the investigation is\nongoing, even though one of the perpetrators, Wesly Kale (WK), has\nadmitted his actions and signed a Letter of Absolute Responsibility\n(SKTJM) to return more than Rp 500 million in state losses within 20\ndays.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the preliminary deepening results so far, a tax embezzlement\nnetwork at Kupang City Bapenda has been uncovered. Based on the\npreliminary report, there are an additional three PPPK personnel also\ninvolved,\u201d explained Jeffry on Wednesday (29\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n
Jeffry has not disclosed the identities of the three PPPK personnel.\nHowever, he assured that all four involved employees have been relieved\nof their tax collection duties. They have also been transferred to the\nKupang City Personnel, Education, and Training Agency (BKPPD) to\nfacilitate the examination.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are three people involved, so we have temporarily pulled them\nbecause we found that during the examination, they were still doing it,\u201d\nhe added.<\/p>\n
He further noted that the number of perpetrators could potentially\nincrease. Currently, several civil servants (ASN) within the Bapenda\nenvironment are also being examined.<\/p>\n
Jeffry emphasised that the Kupang City Government is committed to\nresolving the case. Even if the culprits return the embezzled proceeds\naccording to the Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK RI) report, their actions\ncannot be tolerated and will proceed to the legal realm.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not out of the question to go that way,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
He also assured that the potential state losses could increase along\nwith the deepening investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ask the Agency Head to deepen it further; our goal is that if\nthere are 10 people, we expose them. Because this greatly disrupts the\nwork climate and influences others to follow suit,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Previously, suspicions of regional tax embezzlement amounting to more\nthan Rp 500 million by PPPK personnel at Kupang City Bapenda began to\nsurface. Of that amount, only Rp 100 million has been returned so\nfar.<\/p>\n
The employee with initials WK is known to be a PPPK serving at\nBapenda.<\/p>\n
The case came to light following public complaints about tax payments\nnot accompanied by receipts from Bapenda officials, which was then\nfollowed up through the first-stage examination.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first stage, the person in question has already signed the\nSKTMJ (Letter of Absolute Responsibility) worth more than Rp 500\nmillion. That was the first stage we examined for one person with\ninitials WK; he is a PPPK,\u201d explained Kupang City Secretary Jeffry Pelt\non Saturday (25\/4\/2026).<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tax-embezzlement-case-at-kupang-revenue-agency-expands-four-pppk-personnel-involved-1777452702", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }