St. Fransiscus Asisi Catholic church parish Treasurer Sr. Natalia Situmorang (second right) from Aek Nabara, Labuhanbatu regency, North Sumatra, speaks during a press conference at the Medan Diocese Cathedral's hall in Medan on April 10 while being accompanied by parish chairman Father Yonas Sandra Mallisa (center) and Father Amandus Rejino Santosa. The parish demanded state-owned lender Bank BNI to return the parish credit union funds of Rp 28 billion (US$1.63 million) being embezzled by a then-employee of BNI.`

BNI pledges full refunds in North Sumatra parish embezzlement case

State-owned lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has pledged to return the money of a Catholic parish in North Sumatra stolen by the bank's branch head, following demands from the Financial Services Authority (OJK) for the bank to ensure full refunds.

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