Conflict of Interest Looms Over Anti-Money Laundering Task Force

The government has formed a Task Force for the Supervision and Evaluation of Handling Analysis Reports, Examination Reports, and Information on Alleged Money Laundering (TPPU) Crimes led by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD. The task force, consisting of law enforcement officials, ministries, academics, and non-governmental organizations, held its inaugural meeting on May 5.

According to Mahfud, the task force was a swift response to investigate the alleged money laundering totaling Rp 349 trillion, allegedly involving several state officials. The idea to create the task force was brought up during a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) legal commission on Apr 11. However, due to the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the task force could not be formed until May 2. "The TPPU Committee proposed forming the task force during the meeting, and we acted on it quickly," Mahfud said on Thursday.

The TPPU Task Force consists of the following:

Steering Committee

1. Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD.
2. Coordinating Minister for Economic AffairsAirlangga Hartarto.
3. Head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) Ivan Yustiavandana.

Member

1. Director General of Taxation at Finance Ministry Suryo Utomo.
2. Director General of Customs and Excise Tax Askolani.
3. Inspector General of Finance Ministry Awan Nurmawan Nuh.
4. Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah.
5. Deputy Head of the Police Criminal Investigation Agency Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri.
6. Deputy for Counterintelligence of the State Intelligence Agency Major General Aswardi.
7. Deputy for Analysis and Examination of PPATK Danang Tri Hartono 7.

Experts

1. Yunus Husein (former Head of PPATK).
2. Muhammad Yusuf (former Head of PPATK).
3. Rimawan Pradiptyo (Lecturer at Gadjah Mada University).
4. Wuri Handayani (Lecturer at Gadjah Mada University).
5. Laode M Syarif (former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission).
6. Tompo Santoso (Professor at the University of Indonesia).
7. Gunadi (legal expert).
8. Danang Widoyoko (Transparency International Indonesia).
9. Faisal Basri (economist).
10. Mutia Ganj Rahman (criminal expert).
11. Mas Achmad Santosa (former KPK official).
12. Ningrum Natasya (University of North Sumatra).

Implementation Team

1. Deputy 3 for Law and Human Rights of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.
2. Deputy 5 for Security and Public Order Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.
3. Director of Analysis and Examination I PPATK.