JCI Opens Strong, Bank Shares Where FPI Deposits This Money Rises

Illustration. (Photo; Doc. BCA)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG) opened higher on Thursday January 7 trading. The share of PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA) was also strengthened, which is known to be one of the banks where the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) kept IDR 1.5 billion.

JCI opened higher by 0.60 percent or 36.58 points to the level of 6,102.26. A total of 147 stocks rose, 20 stocks fell, and 87 stocks were stagnant at the opening of trading.

Meanwhile, the shares of the issuer coded as BBCA opened to fly 1.08 percent to Rp35,100. At yesterday's closing, the shares of the issuer owned by conglomerate Michael Hartono and Budi Hartono were at the level of Rp34,725 per share.

Previously reported, FPI, through its legal team, stated that they had a savings of Rp1.5 billion in one of the largest banks in Indonesia. The bank is BCA.

It was also known that the money was the result of donations for six families of FPI Laskar guards of Habib Rizieq Shihab, who were shot dead by police at the Cikampek toll road some time ago.

However, BCA is currently blocking this account. The blocking of FPI accounts was apparently carried out by BCA on the orders of the authorities after FPI activities were prohibited by the government.

Executive Vice President of the Secretariat & Corporate Communication of BCA, Hera F Haryn, said that BCA always adheres to the applicable legal provisions.

"Referring to a request from the competent authority, BCA has temporarily suspended transactions of the customer's account at BCA," Hera told reporters, Tuesday, January 5.

Hera emphasized that BCA as a banking institution is required to comply with applicable legal provisions in Indonesia and carry out instructions given by the competent authorities.

Michael Hartono and Budi Hartono are the richest people in Indonesia 2020 according to Forbes. Quoted from the official Instagram of Forbes Indonesia, Thursday, December 10, the first position of the richest people is still occupied by the Hartono brothers with a total wealth of 38.8 billion US dollars or the equivalent of Rp.547.8 trillion (assuming an exchange rate of Rp14,100 per US dollar).

Budi and Michael Hartono were among a group of tycoons whose wealth increased during the pandemic. For a dozen years, the Hartono brothers have dominated the top of Indonesia's richest people thanks to their conglomerate company, the Djarum Group.