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Customs officials summoned in bribery case
The National Police will summon 10 officials from the Finance Ministryâs customs and excise directorate general this week as witnesses in a bribery and money laundering case implicating their former coworker, Heru Sulastyono
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he National Police will summon 10 officials from the Finance Ministry's customs and excise directorate general this week as witnesses in a bribery and money laundering case implicating their former coworker, Heru Sulastyono.
The police's money laundering subdivision head, Sr. Comr. Agung Setia, said on Tuesday that he expected the 10 witnesses would assist the police in revealing the modus operandi of Heru's malfeasance.
'Among them is Frans Rupang, former regional customs office [of Jakarta] official; Andriani, a pricing subdivision official and Hartati, the administration office head,' he said at National Police headquarters in Jakarta.
The police detained Heru in October over allegations he accepted 11 insurance policies totaling Rp 11 billion (US$900,721) from a businessman identified as Yusran Arif in 2007.
Heru, who during that period was enforcement and supervision division head at Tanjung Priok customs and excise office, allegedly assisted Yusran's companies in avoiding paying tax.
Last week, National Police special economic crime director Brig. Gen. Arief Sulistyono, who led the investigation, raised the suspicion that Heru had conspired with his coworkers in his illicit practices.
