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Vol. 5 Num 1095 Sat. June 30, 2007  
   
Business


Jakarta to restrict govt bank account


The Indonesian finance minister has called on banks to refuse to open any new government accounts without her consent in a bid to curb the practice of opening secretive government accounts, local press said Thursday.

"We have asked the banks to refuse to open any accounts on behalf of the government prior to receiving the explicit approval of the finance minister," Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati was quoted by English daily The Jakarta Post as saying.