REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Chairman of Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), M Yusuf said that suspicious transactions of political parties raised 20-25 percent ahead of general election. However, he cannot explain the scheme as the detail is still reviewed.
"We are still reviewing. The trend increased one year before general election," Yusuf said at Parliament building in Jakarta on Monday.
He said the suspicious transaction could be seen from transaction profile made by a person. For example, a person who has an income of 10 million IDR per month, but he can do transaction up to 500 million IDR. Next, a person who can do transaction in USD currency every week.
Based on PPATK data, there are entrepreneurs who often do transactions outside their core businesses. It is often happened in local election. This transaction has correlation with one of local candidates.