Reminder to freeze accounts

Reminder to freeze accounts

JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia (BI) reminded all banks throughout the
country on Thursday to pay attention to a letter from the
Attorney General's Office's on the freezing of accounts owned by
individuals or groups allegedly having links with international
terrorists.

According to the letter sent to BI on Oct. 24, 2001, the
Attorney General's Office had asked the banks to freeze 28 bank
accounts, the holders of which were suspected of having links
with terrorist groups, BI said in a statement.

BI explained that the authority to freeze the accounts lay
with both the prosecutors' office and the police, without
necessarily requiring any permission from the central bank. -- JP