In response to the complaint from Eti Atiawati (February 19 edition) regarding a check that has not yet been received, we would like to explain the following.

On 2 October 2000, Siriati came to us with the original draft from Al Rajhi Commercial Foreign Exchange to demand payment of Rp1 million to her. At that very moment, our employee made verification on the originality of the draft, in accordance with Bank BNI's standard procedures. Based on