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In a complete turnaround, graft convict Gayus Tambunan is now saying he has never worked with any Bakrie Group company.Appearing at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Friday, the former taxman’s lawyer, Hotma Sitompul, said the 151 companies said to have dealt with Gayus were only a list of cases assigned to him.
“However, only 44 were handled by Gayus,” he said. “None of them were Bakrie companies.”
The new claim contradicts statements Gayus made in court in August last year. In those statements, he alleged that one of the sources of the billions of rupiah found in his bank accounts was energy firm Kaltim Prima Coal, a Bakrie company.
Gayus alleged the company paid him $500,000 to help release tax documents “for fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005, which were being held by the Gambir tax office” because of a dispute.
In further testimony in court in September, Gayus said he was asked to settle a tax problem for Bumi Resources, for which he said he received $500,000.
The third job was to grant leniency under the sunset policy program for Arutmin, which he claimed paid him $2 million. The companies have repeatedly denied the accusations, saying Gayus had never shown any proof to back his claims.
Hotma said all of Gayus’s previous statements on Bakrie companies had been because of pressure from Denny Indrayana, a member of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force. Gayus has previously claimed that Denny pressured him to pin down Bakrie companies, but this is the first time Gayus has completely exonerated the three companies.
Denny could not be reached for comment on Friday.
The graft convict also claimed on Friday that he was committed to revealing all the companies he dealt with.
“I’ve told them everything, from the ‘small fishes’ to the ‘shark’ and ‘whale,’ ” Gayus said before leaving the KPK office. “It is now up to the KPK to handle the case.”
Hotma said they would also seek protection for Gayus from the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK).
Separately, the Attorney General’s Office on Friday said it was considering seeking help from the US Federal Bureau of Investigations to examine Gayus’s dollar bills in a bid to trace the source of the money.
“Our initiative was to trace the money with the help from our colleagues at PPATK [Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center]. But it turned out tracing the sources of the money was very difficult. Gayus probably was paid in cash,” said Muhammad Amari, a deputy attorney general.
Jakarta Globe
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