Activist Ratna Sarumpaet has asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to check the tax returns of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his children so as to avoid further negative public perception following a report on the issue by The Jakarta Post.
“The KPK must check the tax returns to find out whether SBY and his children are innocent in this [matter],” Ratna said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
She denied allegations that she had anything to do with leaking information in the first family’s tax returns to the media.
Previously, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in a press conference during a state visit to Saudi Arabia that he suspected Ratna, activist Adhi Massardi and former finance minister Fuad Bawazier were responsible for leaking information about the first family’s tax returns.
The controversy surrounding the family’s tax returns began after the Post ran an article entitled “First family tax returns raises flags” on Jan. 30.
The story revealed discrepancies between the salaries and assets of Yudhoyono’s two sons, among other things.
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