In Indonesia, a tax bureau official resigned after it was revealed that he had amassed a fortune worth more than 100 times his annual salary in the process of his son’s assault and extravagant personal life becoming known.
According to the Indonesian daily Compass on the 28th (local time), Rafael Alun Trisambodo, the tax director of the second district office in Namkarta, has a property problem due to his son Mario Dandi Satrio (20).
Earlier, on the 20th, after hearing that a 17-year-old male student had treated his friend unkindly, Mario assaulted the male student enough to be hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Afterwards, Mario was arrested and detained by the police, and with this fact, his SNS account containing his private life was released.
At the time, Mario appeared at the scene of the incident driving a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon vehicle that can be purchased for about 100 million won in Indonesia. Also, on his social media, there were pictures showing off his wealth, such as expensive imported cars and Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Afterwards, it was revealed that Mario’s father was Rafael, a tax official, and the question arose as to how a college student son of a civil servant could live such an extravagant life.
Rafael Alun Trisambodo apologizes. (Compass capture)In particular, suspicions arose that Raphael’s wealth was not commensurate with his annual salary. The monthly salary of Rafael, a mid-level executive, is up to 46.47 million rupiah (approximately 4.04 million won), including bonuses and bonuses paid according to tax collection.
Since it is a tax job, the salary is higher than that of general workers, but the annual salary is less than 50 million won. However, it turned out that Raphael’s reported property was 56 billion rupiah (about 4.9 billion won).
This is four times the wealth of Tax Director Suriyo Utomo and similar to the 58 billion rupiah (approximately 5 billion won) reported by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani.
As a result, as it was pointed out that it is impossible for a public official to collect a property worth 5 billion won with just a salary, the rich and the wealthy were brought to the judgment together.
After fierce controversy, the finance minister eventually dismissed Rafael on the 24th. In addition, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Finance cooperated with related organizations such as the Anti-Corruption Committee (KPK) to investigate the process of Rafael’s wealth formation. We are currently looking to see if his source of income comes from inheritance or other sources of income, such as from a family business.
Indonesia’s political, legal and security coordinating minister, Mahpud Emde, said, “Mario’s assault will be punished accordingly, and Rafael’s property matter will also be judged by the law if illegality is revealed after KPK’s investigation.”
Source: Donga
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