Lawmakers plan to join Gayus investigations

Lawmakers plan to inspect Kelapa Dua Police Detention Center in Depok, West Java, following allegations that graft convict Gayus Tambunan misused a temporary medical check up permit.

“I am organizing support from other lawmakers [for the inspection],” said legislator Ahmad Yani from the United Development Party.

The lawmakers will focus on finding loopholes in the police’s internal monitoring system, he said.
The results of the inspection would be passed on to the team of police investigators in charge of the case.

Yani said he had been informed that several police officers had been questioned by the team led by National Police detective chief Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi.

“We are now waiting for the newly appointed National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to fulfill his promise, to take firm action against those who have violated the law,” he said.

Gayus Tambunan was alleged to have misused his temporary medical check up permit to watch a tennis event in Nusa Dua, Bali, last week.

Separately, House of Representatives' deputy spokesman Pramono Anung called on police to investigate reports implicating Gayus Tambunan.

“I urge the police internal affairs division to investigate the reports. Severe punishments should be handed down for those involved,” Pramono, a lawmaker from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), said Tuesday.

“The Gayus story isn't the first incident to take place in our justice system,” he said.