GAYUS Tambunan’s uncorroborated claims should not be taken lightly. The blunt statement from a tax official who was dishonorably discharged, is very significant in the effort to eradicate corruption. This former tax office investigator told the police that three Bakrie companies had paid him US$7 million to resolve their tax problems in 2008.

If Gayus’s testimony is true, the government must work hard to straighten out the reformed tax offic