The Attorney General's Office and the National Police have played down graft defendant Gayus H. Tambunan's offer to help settle high-profile corruption cases, as read out by Gayus from his defense statement at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday.
Attorney General chief Basrief Arief said it was impossible for Gayus to become a special staff at the office.
“[He] can't be an expert staff. That position is in the office's organizational structure,” Basrief said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com after attending a meeting at the Jakarta Convention Center on Monday.
Basrief said his office would use Gayus' statements and testimonies for their investigations into tax crime.
National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo had even less patience for Gayus' offer, “That isn't an issue. His statements keep changing all the time.”
“If he [Gayus] just wants to share information, we are most welcome,” Timur said.
He said that although Gayus had already given much information to police investigators, the police would not rely solely on Gayus' statements, but instead cooperate with other institutions, such as the Corruption Eradication Commission and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center, to unravel high-profile graft cases.
During his trial hearing on Monday, Gayus H. Tambunan said he was ready to help law enforcers unravel major corruption cases in the country should he be given the opportunity to become an expert staff member with the police, Attorney General’s Office or Corruption Eradication Commission.
Gayus said he would only need two years to create a “clean Indonesia”.
“Make me an expert staff member with the police or AGO, then [I will create a] clean Indonesia in two years,” he said.
Gayus promised that if his wish were granted, he would help catch major corruption figures, lamenting that most law enforcement agencies only managed to solve small cases and net small fry.
"I will solve big cases, involving those involving 'whales' or 'sharks',” Gayus said.
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