Suspect Named in Alleged Money Laundering Involving GNPF-MUI
14 February 2017 08:06 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) has named a suspect with the initials of IA in alleged money laundering involving a foundation called Yayasan Keadilan Untuk Semua.
The foundation allegedly raised money to fund the so-called Defend Islam rallies, organized by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema Council Edict (GNPF-MUI).
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Police had earlier questioned the GNPF MUI chairman Bachtiar Nasir and the FPI secretary general Novel Chaidir Hasan alias Novel Bamukmin.
The GNPF MUI lawyerKapitra Ampera explained that the organization used the foundation’s bank account to accommodate money for the Defend Islam rallies. The reasoning was that it did not have enough time to open its own account.
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“The foundation’s asset in the account was Rp2.5 million,” Kapitra said in South Jakarta on Monday, February 13, 2017.
He said the foundation currently has roughly Rp2.5 billion in the account.
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