AdvertisementIndonesia is pressing ahead with charges against disgraced tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo in a case that is shaping up to be a veritable romp through Indonesia’s legal system.Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) filed an indictment against Trisambodo last month, accusing the mid-level official of laundering some $6 million in illegal funds and accepting an eye-watering $1 million in “gifts” (known as gratification) while he worked for Indonesia’s tax office. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.Trisambodo’s astonishing fall from grace began in February last year and was actually not of his own doing in the first instance.His downfall came as the result of a 57-second viral video that showed his son, 21-year-old Mario Dandy Satriyo,...
