JAKARTA: Kabareskrim Ito Sumardi states, the trust will decline if the tax mafia case Gaius Tambunan opened to the public. Deputy Coordinator of the Working Committee of Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Emerson Yuntho Ito also condemned the statement.
"Why not reversed? The deviation was opened, the trust will go up. They can not because there is gas tight their internal involvement, "sindirnya about the involvement of law enforcement officers in cases of tax mafia Gaius Tambunan.
He also thinks, the public trust to the law enforcement agencies (police and prosecutors) are very low. Because the police investigate only the case of Gaius, without seeing the people behind Gaius or her big fish.
"Already there is distrust in the community about handling these cases because many cases were not revealed. If handled the police, prosecution, they held hostage. It will spread everywhere. So I do not agree this would reduce public confidence. The handling of this case will actually increase public confidence, "he added.
Emerson also offers several alternatives for police and prosecutors are not held hostage, so that the handling of cases will remain objective. One way is to submit the case to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). (OL-5)
