Jakarta Globe, Zacky Pawas, March 31, 2010
Rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan, wanted for questioning over Rp 25 billion found in his bank accounts, has surrendered to Indonesian police in Singapore, police sources said in Jakarta late on Tuesday.
Gayus gave himself up after he was confronted by police officers at the Mandarin Meritus Hotel on Singapore’s Orchard Road, the source said, declining to offer further details.
ElShinta online reported that Sr. Comr. M Iriawan, believed to be in command of Indonesian police seeking Gayus in Singapore, confirmed that the fugitive had surrendered without resistance.
It was unclear whether Singaporean police were also present when the Indonesian officers took Gayus into custody.
Indonesia and Singapore have no extradition treaty, but Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials have said that in some criminal cases, extradition was possible.
Gayus fled the country on March 24, two days before the police obtained a travel ban against him.
His wife, who is also wanted for questioning, and their children were also missing, but it was unclear whether they were with Gayus in Singapore.
Gayus came under the spotlight after former National Police Chief Detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji this month claimed that high-ranking police officials had been bribed by Gayus to bury an investigation into the money in his bank accounts.
Gayus, the 30-year-old mid-ranking official at the Directorate General of Taxation, had been working at the agency’s tax dispute division.
The police source declined to say when Gayus would be brought to Jakarta, but said the police would address the issue publicly after the tax official was again on Indonesian soil.
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