Bank's action<\/p>\n
I am a customer of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII). On July
\n4, 1997, I opened a six-month time deposit with its branch on Jl.
\nThamrin, amounting to Rp 1,050,000,000 (one billion and fifty
\nmillion rupiah). The expiry date of the deposit was Jan. 4, 1998.<\/p>\n
Afterward, the deposit was used for a bank guarantee facility
\nin the name of PT Korindo Engineering, which was working on a
\nproject owned by PT Sinar Lucky Plastic Industry (SLPI).<\/p>\n
On Dec. 26, 1997, the deposit was withdrawn unilaterally by
\nBII without my knowledge or approval. According to BII Manager
\nMieke K., the bank guarantee was claimed by PT SLPI, so that the
\ndeposit had to be withdrawn to pay PT SLIP's claim.<\/p>\n
I went to the BII office on Jl. Thamrin to inquire about the
\ndeposit. The bank seemingly wanted to avoid talking about the
\nmatter. I sent letters to BII President Director Indra Widjaja on
\nJan. 8 and Jan. 15, 1998, but received no reply either.<\/p>\n
The bank sent me, instead, a letter signed by Maya T. and
\nMieke K., saying that the deposit was legally withdrawn based on
\nthe consideration that I had signed a power of attorney to
\nwithdraw the deposit. The power of attorney was faxed to me and
\nit proved to be an uncompleted form of a power of attorney signed
\nby me at the time of the contract and was filled out by BII
\nwithout my knowledge.<\/p>\n
I have been trying to contact BII (in writing, on the phone
\nand by going there myself) to settle the problem, but BII (Indra
\nWidjaja and the BII board of directors at the Jl. Thamrin branch
\noffice) has always avoided me.<\/p>\n
BII, which I formerly trusted as a big private bank, has shown
\nitself untrustworthy. It can even delude a customer and make use
\nof his weakness in BII's interest. Moreover, the bank cannot
\nprotect its customers, as shown by the too easy process of
\npayment of a claim and not according to proper procedure. This
\nindicates a collusion between BII and PT SLPI that belongs to the
\nsame group as the bank, the Sinar Mas Group.<\/p>\n
By this letter, I lay my great hope on Bank Indonesia and the
\nFederation of Private Domestic Banks to help solve this problem
\nof a deposit withdrawn unilaterally by BII.<\/p>\n
Customer's account number<\/p>\n
3-06325.003-38946<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/banks-action-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }