KPK Detains Former Tax Official Haniv in Rp20.7 Billion Gratification Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained Muhammad Haniv (HNV), former head of the Jakarta Special Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP), as a suspect in a corruption case involving gratification amounting to Rp20.7 billion.

Acting Director of Investigations at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, said Haniv’s detention was carried out after the agency completed examining him on Wednesday (19/8).

“Today, the KPK has detained HNV for the first 20 days, from 19 August to 7 September 2026, at the Merah Putih Building branch detention centre,” he said at a press conference.

The anti-corruption agency had previously announced Haniv’s legal status as a suspect on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. The investigation order was signed on 12 February 2025.

Haniv, who served as head of the Banten DJP Regional Office from 2011 to 2015, has been barred from travelling abroad for six months. He is alleged to have received gratification of at least Rp20.7 billion.

This includes gratification for his child’s brand fashion show amounting to Rp700 million, other receipts in foreign currency totalling Rp10 billion, and placement in a rural bank deposit of Rp10 billion.

He is charged under Article 12B of the Corruption Eradication Law and had not previously been detained.

As the investigation progressed, the KPK has summoned a number of witnesses to complete the case file. Among them is Hadi Sutrisno, a Senior Tax Examiner at the Sleman Pratama Tax Service Office from 2018 to the present.

Hadi Sutrisno previously served as a Senior Tax Examiner at the Foreign Investment Tax Service Office Three, Jakarta Special Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes, from 2014 to 2018.

Other witnesses include Ohim, President Director of PT Wildan Saskia Valasindo from 2014 to the present; Otik Rostiana, President Director of PT Bahari Buana Citra from 1998 to 2019; and Rita Kusumandari, a housewife.