The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 04/06/2011 9:37 PM

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/06/malinda-dee-case-may-point-money-laundering-legislators.html

Legislators in the House of Representatives Commission XI overseeing banking raised suspicions that embezzlement allegations against Citibank employee Malinda Dee might involve money laundering.

Inong Malinda, also known as Malinda Dee, was a senior relations manager at Citibank who allegedly embezzled at least Rp 17 billion of her clients' funds.

Commission XI vice-chairman Achsanul Qosasih said the Malinda Dee case "indeed pointed to money laundering."

"It is up to the Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to determine whether money laundering is involved, but it tends to lead there," he said on Wednesday.

One indicator of money laundering, he said, was the flow of funds between accounts belonging to Malinda and her clients.

"That is highly suspicious," he added.

He further said that Malinda "did not act alone".

"She operated with several of her staffers," he said, adding that this included the tellers, those in the legal department and analysts.

However, Bank Indonesia deputy Budi Rohadi said determining whether or not money laundering was involved needed further investigation.

"We haven't heard [the report] from the PPATK and the National police," he said.