SUSNO DUADJI HAS NO AMBITION TO BECOME CHIEF OF POLICE

Jakarta, April 8 (ANTARA) - Former chief detective Commissioner General Susno Duadji said he had no ambition to become national police chief by revealing the mafia practices within the police force.

"I have no ambition for a higher rank. What I am doing now is not one way to become national police chief, but it is merely an expression of my love of the police force and my attempt to improve it," he told legislators here Thursday.

Speaking at a plenary session of the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission III, Duadji said the mafia engineering practices, like that of rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan could be found in the police force.

He said his explanations about the engineering practices within the police force and the Judicial Corruption Task Force were not responded to by the police adequately.

Instead of giving immediate and fair responses, the national police top brass rejected Gayus' explanations and challenged him to prove his statements, Duadji told the legislators.

He further said if he could act as a "good boy", gentle to superiors and did not make public statements, he might regain his position.

But what good is the position if the engineering practices still went on in his work place, he said.

"I am not seeking a position but I just want to reveal what had happened," Duadji said.

Susno Duadji was the first person who revealed the mafia case and engineering practices within the police force in connection with rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan's money laundering and corruption cases.

Tambunan's case came under the spotlight after the police named him suspect in connection with a suspicious Rp25 billion bank account in his name.

Following the discovery of the irregularity in the investigation of the case the police then set up a special team of investigators.

At least 12 middle ranking officials of the Indonesian finance ministry were allegedly involved in this tax brokering case.

In connection with Tambunan's case, the police had arrested Haposan Hutagalung, who was Tambunan's lawyer from June 8 to September 1, 2009, and two middle-ranking police officers.

The Gayus Tambunan fiscal mafia case had also triggered the suspension of Lampung provincial police chief Brig Gen Edmon Ilyas from his position to facilitate an investigation into his suspected involvement last week.