The task force however believed Gayus`s assets were worth more than what has so far been discovered by the police.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government`s task force for eradication of judicial mafia has not yet known the total wealth of convicted tax corrupter Gayus Tambunan.

The task force however believed Gayus`s assets were worth more than what has so far been discovered by the police, the task force`s chief Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said here on Wednesday.

"Indeed the exact amount of his money has not been known. What has been found so far is from the safe deposit box that has been opened. It must be more than this," he said.

Until now the police had discovered Rp74 billion worth of cash some of it found in the safe deposit box.

Kuntoro however said that progress had been made by the police with regard to their investigation into the former tax official`s wealth.

He said the Financial Transactions Analysis and Reporting Center (PPATK) was now still investigating the possibility of Gayus`s wealth abroad.

Regarding Gayus`s overseas travels, Kuntoro said PPATK was now tracing his transactions and assets in cooperation with several countries such as Singapore, the US, Macau and Malaysia with regard to finding his possible accounts in the dollar put in the safe deposit box abroad.

He said the request for information from those countries had been sent since January and had been responded by Singapore, the US and Macau.

They said they did not find the information the PPATK had asked for in their data base and had asked the PPATK to give them more detailed information regarding the amount, denominations and serial numbers to help them find the information the PPATK had asked for.

Kuntoro said the task force had reported the development of its investigation to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 7, 2010.

The report covers the handling of Gayus`s cases with regard to uncovering tax and judicial mafia behind it. The task force had also reported to the President about disciplinary and administrative actions against state apparatus that had been involved in the Gayus`s cases and improvement of working system to prevent possible recurrence of such a case.

Task force member Mas Ahmad Santosa meanwhile said the law enforcement agencies had synergized and coordinated to handle Gayus`s cases and had even involved the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the effort.

"The coordination is more intensive and what is important is that access to data and information linked to tax payers has been given by the finance ministry. They are now striving to uncover it," he said.

Santosa said the task force would continue strengthening the coordination and synergy among law enforcement agencies in dealing with Gayus`s cases and overcoming the weaknesses that were found.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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