Dina Indrasafitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 12/08/2010 9:55 PM | National

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/12/08/ppatk-gayus-must-be-charged-with-money-laundering.html

The head of the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Yunus Husein, said money laundering should be added to the list of charges faced by former tax official Gayus Tambunan.

“For the charges, we suggest …[Gayus be charged with] money laundering, in which  the burden of proof could be shifted,” Yunus said Wednesday after attending a presentation of Gayus’ cases at National Police Headquarters, Jakarta.

According to Yunus, if shifting of the burden of proof were possible, the defendant could give evidence in the case.

Gayus is facing multiple charges, including causing state losses through suggesting that the tax office approve a company’s tax objection, bribery and giving false information during questioning regarding his billion rupiah bank accounts.

Yunus said the source of some of Gayus’ wealth -- money and gold worth  Rp 74 billion stored in a safety deposit box -- was still unclear, and that the institutions were working together to find its origins.