House to summon Gayus, attorney: Legislator

Dicky Christanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 01/13/2011 10:03 PM | National

A House working committee looking to discover Gayus Tambunan’s protectors will summon the graft suspect and lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, Democratic Party legislator Pieter Zulkifli says.

Pieter said the commission was also prepared to summon Judicial Mafia Taskforce members for further clarification on the case.

“We would like to hear first hand from these people about what really happened during the investigation,” Pieter said on Thursday.

He added that he would verify details of Gayus’ case with Adnanto. 

“I don’t care if there are people from political parties, even from my own party, the Democratic Party, who might be implicated in the documents. These people deserve only prison” he said.

The committee was formed after legislators said law enforcement officers have lost the integrity needed to handle the graft case, which has allegedly implicated important and powerful persons.

Cirus is unable to come to police HQ: Attorney

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 01/06/2011 10:22 AM | National

Prosecutor Cirus Sinaga will not come to the National Police headquarters today for questioning because he is in ill health, his attorney says.

“He is in Medan. He is sick so he cannot come,” Cirus' attonerney, Tumbur Simanjuntak, said Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.

Tumbur added that he would send a request to the police to postpone the questioning session until next week.

Cirus has been implicated in a tax graft case of involving former tax officer Gayus H. Tambunan. Cirus allegedly falsified Gayus’ dossier after receiving a US$ 50,000 bribe from Gayus.

Gayus previously testified that the bribe was payment for reducing his sentence during his trial at Tangerang District Court.

Verdicts expected for Andi Kosasih, attorney

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 12/20/2010 9:44 AM | National

The South Jakarta District Court is expected to announce on Monday verdicts in the cases of graft suspect Andi Kosasih and his former attorney, Lambertus Palang Ama.

Andi was accused of conspiring with graft suspect and former low-level tax official Gayus Tambunan to reduce his companies’ tax payments.

The businessman alleged that Rp 28 billion (US$3.1 million) discovered by investigators in Gayus’ bank account was a payment for a land deal he made with Gayus.

Lambertus Palang Ama allegedly brokered the suspect land deal.

Prosecutors demanded that Andi be sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and fined Rp 6 billion and that Lambertus be sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment and a Rp 150 million fine.

Prosecutors alleged that the land deal was bogus and falsified to appear as if it occurred before Gayus was involved in Andi’s case.