60 Accounts Frozen, ACT Wants Hearing With PPATK

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JAKARTA - The charity Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) responded to the move by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) which froze 60 of its accounts registered with 33 financial service providers or banks.

ACT President Ibnu Khajar said that his party would write to PPATK. The goal is to discuss this matter.

"So we may send a letter to PPATK, we want an audience," Ibnu told reporters, Wednesday, July 6.

Then, ACT will also check first with the finance department. So, it can record which accounts are blocked.

This method, continued Ibnu, was done because ACT still has the authority to distribute donations. That is, if there is any left over, the funds are immediately handed over to the rightful.

"Hopefully, even if some are blocked and some may still have some cash donations, yes, we will focus on what we can disburse first,"

"Accounts that already exist with us or cash funds that we have and can be disbursed, because this is a mandate, we have to convey," continued Ibnu.

Previously, PPATK temporarily froze 60 accounts belonging to the charity Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT). Dozens of these accounts are in 33 financial service providers or banks.

The suspension was carried out because the results of a temporary investigation of the flow of funds received by ACT from the community were not directly channeled as donations. Rather, it is managed on a business basis to make a profit.

"We suspect this is a transaction that is managed from business to business, so it is not purely collecting funds and then channeling it to the destination," said Head of PPATK, Ivan Yustiavandana.