Sritex Issues Will Be Rescued By SOEs, This Is The Leak Of BNI Bosses

Illustration - Sritex Workers. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk (SRIL) or Sritex has been declared bankrupt and permanently closed since early March. The largest textile company in Southeast Asia is also rumored to be rescued by State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN).

Responding to this, the President Director of PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BNI, Royke Tumilaar, admitted that he was aware of the news.

"I already know. We'll just hear about it," said Royke when met by media crews at Danareksa Tower, Jakarta, Monday, March 10.

As one of Sritex's creditors, continued Royke, BNI welcomes the company's rescue plan with pleasure, because it can revive dead companies.

"Good. I'm just waiting, creditors, we'll just wait. This, if there is, it will be better, it will be much better. Than those who are dead, continue to live, it's good," said Royke.

For your information, Sritex is experiencing bankruptcy with quite a large debt. Based on data from the Curator Team, Sritex has debts to 1,645 creditors listed on the permanent receivable list (DPT).

Sritex's total debt bill alone reached RP35.7 trillion, but what the Curator Team admitted was only Rp29.8 trillion.

One of the creditors who has not been paid is BNI. In the Sritex Financial Report as of September 2024, the company's debt to BNI reached Rp375 billion.

"Still, there is no change (of value)," said Royke.