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Nine Police Officers Arrested in Gayus Prison Scandal Investigation
Farouk Arnaz | November 11, 2010

The Jakarta Globe The Jakarta Globe's photograph of a man that appears to be allegedly corrupt Indonesian taxman Gayus Tambunan enjoying the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali on Friday. Nine police officers have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes to allow Gayus to leave his cell on numerous occasions.
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Asoegenie
8:12am Nov 13, 2010

Those nine officers arrested were just small fry. What about the big sharks who are actually responsible?


Roland
8:00pm Nov 11, 2010

@peterR - no they don't get it indeed! it will end pretty much the same way as the recent army tribunal in Papua!

The army as well as the police feels very omnipotent in Indonesia - but watching many civil Indonesians - they still bow in front of these morons in uniform! Though I have to admit - I did meet good police officers in Indonesia, however they are very much in the minority and the others are NEVER shy to ask for some monetary "appreciation" to get a job started....

peterR
3:19pm Nov 11, 2010

“They could be fired if found guilty.”

They just don't get it do they.

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Jakarta. National Police confirmed on Thursday that a mid-ranking police officer and eight of his subordinates had been arrested and charged with allegedly taking bribes to allow disgraced taxman Gayus Tambunan to repeatedly leave his cell during his ongoing corruption trial.

National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Iskandar Hasan told a news conference that the suspects, including mastermind Comr. Iwan Siswanto, who heads the detention facility at Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters in Kelapa Dua, Depok, were arrested on Monday.

He said they were charged under the Anti-Corruption Law.

“They were named suspects based on their testimonies because Gayus gave the money in cash. We are still investigating how they spent the bribe money.”

Iskandar said the suspects could also be charged for breaching police ethical standards and discipline code. “They could be fired if found guilty.”

“According to the suspects, Gayus has been in and out of prison since July. How much money he paid is not yet concrete, but it is about Rp 50 million [$5,650]or Rp 60 million [a month for Siswanto]. This did not include [payment to] the guards, which was around Rp 5 million to Rp 6 million.”

Gayus and his wife, Miliana Aggraeni, would be summoned and could also be named as suspects, he said.

Iskandar was quick to stress that Siswanto was the ringleader.

“There are no high-ranking officers involved in this scandal,” he said.

Asked whether the investigation would be expanded to include the possibility that other high-profile inmates detained at the facility received similar favors, Iskandar said: “for the time being, we are focusing on Gayus.”

Other inmates include former National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji and former South Jakarta Police Chief Sr. Comsr. Wiliardi Wizar, who received 12 years jail for his role in the murder of a government official.

Although he was supposed to be locked up while on trial for graft and bribery, a man bearing a striking resemblance to Gayus was photographed by the Jakarta Globe at an international tennis tournament in Bali.