Discrepancy Arising Over Ministry’s Suspicious Financial Transactions

Commission III decided to hold another meeting to bring together Mahfud MD, Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) head Ivan Yustiavandana and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani.

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

General Hearing Meeting of the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Mahfud MD with Commission III of the DPR in the Meeting Room of Commission III DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Wednesday (29/3/2023).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — A hearing session at the House of Representatives on Wednesday (29/3/2023) exposed differing data interpretations over suspicious financial transactions worth Rp 349 trillion ($23.16 billion) at the Finance Ministry. The hearing was hosted by Commission III, overseeing legal affairs, and attended by Mahfud MD as chairman of the National Coordinating Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU). He said the true amount appeared to be much greater than that in the data submitted by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

Given the discrepancy in the reports, Commission III decided to hold another meeting to bring together Mahfud, Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) head Ivan Yustiavandana and Sri Mulyani.