Police confiscated Rp 60 billion from a safe deposit box allegedly belonging to former tax official Gayus Tambunan (Photo Antara)
The National Police confiscated nearly Rp 60 billion ($ 6,541,291) from former tax official Gayus Tambunan, who is a suspect in money laundering and tax evasion cases. The cash was kept in a safety deposit box.
“We have obtained cash amounting to almost Rp 60 billion,” National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri told Metro TV. “We will investigate the sources of the money, whether it be money laundering or others.”
Bambang declined to mention where the safety box was found. “We found it somewhere,” he said.
On Monday, police said that they had handed over to prosecutors the dossiers on seven suspects linked to the case of Gayus in preparation for trial.
“The dossiers include those on two police officers who have been named suspects in the case,” said National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang, referring to investigators Comr. Arafat Enanie and Adj. Comr. Sri Sumartini.
On March 12, Gayus, then a mid-ranking tax official, was acquitted of embezzlement by the police despite having Rp 28 billion in his bank accounts. The money was believed to have come from corporate taxpayers seeking his help in avoiding to pay their taxes.
On Friday, the two prosecutors at the center of the controversial acquittal, Cirus Sinaga and Poltak Manullang, were charged with corruption and money laundering, the National Police said.
However, Edward said that neither have been formally questioned. “We haven’t called them in,” he said. “We’ll schedule that later.”
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