Tax chief removed

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Tax office chief Tommy Dimpudus has been removed amid allegations of corruption leveled by his staff.

Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad replaced him with Suwarsono Hermawan and transferred him to Jakarta where he no longer holds a managerial position.

Tommy's two year-term has been marred with taxpayers' complaints about irregularities involving his office, especially illegal levies they were forced to pay.

The case was brought to the attention of the Vice President through PO Box 5000 in Jakarta, which was set up to accommodate complaints about corruption involving government officials.

Central Java vice governor Sudarmo Kartodihardjo said when inaugurating Suwarsono that under Tommy's leadership, public obedience to pay taxes had receded. (wah/pan)