KPK summons employee from the Directorate of Business Process Transformation at the Ministry of Finance

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has summoned an employee from the Directorate of Business Process Transformation at the Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance, with the initials TPN, to be a witness in the investigation of alleged bribery related to tax audits at the North Jakarta Tax Service Office for the 2021-2026 period.

“The examination will take place at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building, and TPN is the Head of Section at the Directorate of Business Process Transformation, Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Budi said that the KPK also summoned two other witnesses for the needs of the investigation, namely ES, who is from the private sector, and RR, who is an employee at the North Jakarta Tax Service Office.

Previously, the KPK conducted its first sting operation in 2026, from January 9-10, 2026, and arrested eight people.

The KPK stated on January 9, 2026, that the sting operation was related to alleged tax manipulation in the mining sector.

On January 11, 2026, the KPK named five people as suspects from the sting operation. They are the Head of the North Jakarta Tax Service Office, Dwi Budi (DWB), the Head of the Supervision and Consultation Section at the North Jakarta Tax Service Office, Agus Syaifudin (AGS), the Assessment Team at the North Jakarta Tax Service Office, Askob Bahtiar (ASB), tax consultant Abdul Kadim Sahbudin (ABD), and Staff of PT Wanatiara Persada, Edy Yulianto (EY).

Edy Yulianto is suspected of being the person who gave a bribe of IDR 4 billion to employees of the North Jakarta Tax Service Office to reduce the payment for land and building tax (PBB) for the 2023 tax year, which was originally around IDR 75 billion and was changed to IDR 15.7 billion.