KPK should question more police in Gayus case: Police

National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar is encouraging the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to question additional police officials with alleged connections to graft convict Gayus H. Tambunan.

“We believe that the KPK knows what to do. If they think that summoning those officials is necessary for the investigation, then we will fully collaborate,” Boy said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com on Sunday.

The KPK, under its new chief Busyro Muqoddas, has indicated it is interested in beginning a new investigation following allegations that Gayus’ graft case involved more police officials than previously thought.

Gayus, a former low-level tax official, was sentenced to seven years in prison for bribery last week.

The police officials widely discussed during the investigation of Gayus were Brig. Gen. Edmon Ilyas and Brig. Gen. Raja Erizman. Both were former directors at the National Police’s economic crimes division.

Witnesses Comr. Muhammad Arafat Enanie and Adj. Comr. Sri Sumartini had claimed that Edmon Ilyas and Raja Erizman ordered investigators to unfreeze Gayus’ bank accounts.