Depok – Anticorruption activists slammed the National Police for only planning to charge Gayus Tambunan under the gratuity article on a case involving Rp 28 billion (US$3.15 million).

Activist Bambang Widjojanto said the police could have also charged Gayus with extortion, or bribery, or both. "The police should have indicted Gayus with more charges," Bambang said on the sidelines of an anticorruption concert in Depok on Tuesday.

Bambang also said the police's decision to charge Gayus in a new and ongoing investigation under the gratuity article seemed to be taken in a haste and without consulting other law enforcement officers.

National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi said on Saturday that the police had opened a second investigation into Gayus' suspicious accounts and planned again to only charge him with gratuity violations because they could not find proof that Gayus's money came from bribes related to his job as a tax officer.

Gayus recently claimed to have forgotten where he got the money. During the investigation of his first case, which is being tried now, Gayus previously mentioned dozens of companies as the sources of his money and assets, totaling at least Rp 100 billion, including the Rp 28 billion.