Bank credibility

Bank credibility

The time has come again that I, as a foreigner, must pay my
yearly taxes of US$1,200. It is the rule that these taxes must be
paid at a central BRI bank in Jakarta.

Because I knew I had to pay this $1,200, I had asked a friend
to bring me dollars from my overseas bank account. What happened
at the bank was incredible. They refused to take the notes
because there were some very small chops made in the past by a
teller machine and, despite the fact that the notes were from
1997, BRI could not accept them, although they were taken
directly from a reputable international bank.

Now, I really wonder what is happening here. Things are really
getting crazy and all our foreign and local friends were
astonished and ashamed that even in these days with the Aku Cinta
Rupiah drive, the notes cannot be accepted by the bank. Is it not
an obligation of the bank if the notes are genuine, to accept
them?

I would very much appreciate a reaction from BRI or even BI on
this matter.

ANTON HOVERS

Jakarta