TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Politics Mahfud MD guarantees that the finding of suspicious transactions totaling Rp300 trillion at the Finance Ministry is not a hoax. This fact, he opined, could not be hidden in the era of open information.

“Why I am disclosing this to you is because we can't be secret in the current era. If I don't say it, it will also leak out. This is not a hoax, there is written data,” said Mahfud MD in a video uploaded on the Coordinating Ministry’s Youtube channel, on Thursday, March 9.

He said the suspicious transactions have existed since 2009, and the report reached 168 involving 460 people at the Finance Ministry. However, the reports are not followed up by the ministers who have changed four times.

He claimed the findings have also been reported to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) Head Ivan Yustiavandana. He added, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has also examined the ministry’s officials who are allegedly related to money laundering one by one.

“Yesterday, [we found] 69 people with assets worth hundreds of billions, not trillions. Today we find more at around Rp300 trillion. It must be traced, and I have told Sri Mulyani and PPATK,” said Mahfud MD who is also the head of the money laundering control team.

M JULNIS FIRMANSYAH

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