Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police has denied naming prosecutor Cirus Sinaga and a lawyer for rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan, Haposan Hutagalung, suspects.

The denial comes despite the Attorney General's Office claiming it has received official notification from the police declaring both men suspects.

Cirus has been accused of document fraud. The case stems from prosecution documents allegedly leaked to Gayus at the start of his trial for embezzlement this year. He was acquitted.

Haposan allegedly conspired with prosecutors to extort Rp 500 million ($56,000) from Gayus by showing him a fake document threatening him with a year in jail. However, the original prosecution document sought only one year of probation.

On the AGO's Web site, spokesman Babul Khoir Harahap says that on Monday the office received a National Police letter dated Nov. 2 declaring both men suspects for document fraud. The AGO had then set up a team of prosecutors to investigate the case and coordinate with the police.

However, National Police director for general crimes Brig. Gen. Agung Sabar Santoso told the Jakarta Globe on Friday they had yet to name any suspects. "We have not even scheduled when we will summon Cirus and Haposan," he said, adding that investigations would not start until next week.

A previous AGO inquiry found the genuine document was allegedly leaked to Haposan on Cirus's orders. The lawyer then allegedly made a copy and doctored it to read "one year in jail" rather than "one year's probation."

Marwan Effendy, the deputy attorney general for internal supervision, has said those implicated in the leak should be punished. "It's a crime, and we can't let it go unanswered," he said.

Two other men named by the AGO's inquiry as complicit in the leak are prosecutor Fadil Regan and a clerk named Benu El Amrusya.