POLICE QUESTION FORMER JAKARTA TAX OFFICIAL OVER BANK ACCOUNT

Jakarta, April 9 (ANTARA) - A former ranking tax official, Bahasyim Assifie, underwent questioning at the Jakarta Police Headquarters here Friday over a suspicious bank account in his name.

"It is true. I will accompany my client during the questioning session today," Bahasyim's lawyer, Jhon K Aziz, said here on Friday.

Jhon explained Bahasyim was supposed to be questioned by the police next April 19. However, he decided to accelerate the date to Friday (April 9) in order to clarify media reports saying the former chief of Jakarta city's tax office had a suspicious bank account.

The Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center (PPATK) last March 2009 had reported a suspicious bank account belonging to Bahasyim worth Rp64 billion to the Jakarta Police.
Bahasyim's account was bigger than Gayus Tambunan's who was also questioned by the police over money laundering, tax embezzlement and corruption case. Gayus was known to have Rp28 billion in his bank account.

Jhon denied rumors that the Rp64 billion in Bahasyim's bank account had come from tax fraud activity. He said Bahasyim had a profitable business which had enabled him to have such an amount of money.