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Jakarta -Financial analysis and transaction reporting center (PPATK) do a blocking of dormant accounts or accounts that do not have transaction activation within 3-12 months. Deputy Chairman of the House Commission Xi Dolfie Othniel Frederic asked OJK and PPATK to immediately give an explanation regarding this matter. “OJK and PPATK should explain it immediately so that banks and clients remain in a conducive situation,” Dolfie told reporters on Thursday (7/31/2025). Browse to continue with the content Dolfie asked the two institutions to meet immediately to discuss the blocking of bank accounts. OJK, he said, was tasked with protecting the bank and customer industry in a conducive situation. “OJK in the task of regulating and supervising must ensure that customer funds are safe and that there is no practice of doing money laundering in banking. If there is an indication of money laundering, there is a mechanism that regulates the authority of PPATK,” he said. Dolfie said the authority of PPATK would not block the account unclear. The PPATK policy to block it causes unrest in the community. “Do not allow the authority of PPATK to block the account without clarity of conditions and clear criteria, let alone not accompanied by indications of criminal offenses of money laundering,” he said. “The PPATK policy associated with the blocking of inactive accounts that are less socialized by the conditions and criteria of the account that will be blocked has caused unrest and confusion in the community,” he added. As is known, the head of PPATK Ivan Yustiavandana said that this step was not taken for no reason. It was found that up to ten years there were more than 140 thousand sleeping accounts with a value of RP 428.61 billion without any update of the customer data. “It opens a great gap for practicing money laundering and other crimes, which will harm the interests of the community or even the Indonesian economy in general,” he said in a written statement reported by DetikFinance on Tuesday (29/7). For the past five years, Ivan has mentioned the rise of the use of sleeping accounts that are unknown/realized by the owner to be the target of crime. Among other things, it is used to accommodate funds from criminal acts, buying and selling accounts, hacking, nomine use as shelter accounts, anesthetic transactions, corruption and other crimes. “Funds in the slumbering account are taken over by the internal bank or other parties and the slumbering account of which the owner is unknown (never the strengthening of the customer data). (IAL/MAA)