Police Probe Al Zaytun School Leader Panji Gumilang on Alleged Money Laundering Scheme

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bareskrim's Directorate of Financial Crime will examine Al Zaytun school leader Panji Gumilang and five other witnesses in the alleged money laundering case today, on Monday, August 7, 2023. "We will examine Panji Gumilang at 10:00 a.m.," said the Director of Financial Crime Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan when called today. Whisnu did not disclose the identity of the five other witnesses.

Previously, Bareskrim's Directorate of General Crime named the founder of the Al-Zaytun Islamic boarding school suspect for alleged blasphemy and hate speech on August 1, 2023. "The investigators have conducted a preliminary hearing to decide PG (Panji Gumilang) as a suspect," said Djuhandhani, the Director of General Crime on August 1, 2023.

Meanwhile, the Directorate of Financial Crime has coordinated with the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC), the Ministry of Education and Culture, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs to investigate Panji Gumilang's alleged money laundering scheme. 

An anonymous law enforcer claimed to have bagged the transaction reports of the 367 accounts owned by Panji and his family. The total cash inflow on all accounts amounted to Rp8.7 trillion while the cash outflow amounted to Rp7.7 trillion from February 27, 2007, to July 6, 2023. INTRAC Chairman Ivan Yudistiavandana also disclosed that the total of transactions on all accounts amounted to Rp15 trillion.

The money laundering allegations were brought up after Panji was suspected of embezzlement of Al Zaytun's zakat (alms) and education funds. The alleged crime is a violation of Article 5 of the Nonprofit Law No. 28 of 2004 and Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law No. 31 of 1999.

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