Editorial
These shows may suspended accounts, but the process needs transparency.
Residents and online motorcycle taxi drivers arrange boxes of bottled water donated by members of the public for participants of the United Pati People’s Alliance (AMPB) during a rally on Aug. 26 ally outside the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta. (Antara/Angga Budhiyanto)
When news broke about Bank Mandiri freezing a bank account of a protest coordinator less than a week before the eventual rally, questions and criticism about the process were immediately flooded on social media platforms.The bank account in question reportedly contains public donations intended to cover food and transportation for a group of residents from Pati, Central Java, who demanded the seizure of assets belonging to corruption convicts during their protests outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Aug. 27.
On social media, Mandiri customers expressed their disappointment with the publicly listed state-run bank and questioned its credibility, while legal and banking experts alike pointed to the lack of legal basis behind the account freezing. There were even calls to boycott Mandiri, one of the largest banks by assets and loan disbursements.
