Heru Andriyanto – The Jakarta High Court has slapped an additional three years to the seven-year jail term imposed on disgraced taxman Gayus Tambunan.

The sentence increase, announced on Tuesday, was welcomed by the prosecution, which had been seeking 20 years when the case was tried in the South Jakarta District Court.

"The ruling upholds the conviction and that means our indictment was proven, so we're happy with that," South Jakarta chief prosecutor Yusuf said. "But we would have been happier if the jail term was even longer."

Gayus's lawyer, Hotma Sitompoel, was not available for immediate comment.

In January, Gayus was sentenced to seven years in jail for bribing a judge and two police officers, leading to his acquittal in his first trial in Tangerang, and for misusing his authority as tax official in his handling of a tax complaint by seafood company Surya Alam Tunggal that caused a loss of Rp 570 million.