BOC spokesman denies rumors about services for terrorists
27/8/2008 17:13
Bank of China spokesman Wang Zhaowen today denied overseas media reports
that the bank had provided services for terrorist organizations.
The
Associated Press reported on Aug. 22 that more than 100 victims of terrorism in
Israel filed a lawsuit against the Bank of China demanding the institution stop
transferring money to terrorist groups.
Wang said the accusation was "sheer
nonsense".
He said the Bank of China had always conducted business in
conformity to the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist requirements of the
United Nations. The bank had always abided by rules set by related industry
supervisors and regulators in China and abroad, and its internal anti-money
laundering and anti-terrorist policies also ban financial services for terrorist
organizations, said Wang.
Wang said the Bank of China would clarify the facts
through legal procedures. The bank would reserve rights to file a
counter-lawsuit and to adopt any other necessary legal measures, he added. He
said the bank believed that the US court would make a just verdict on the case
according to law and the facts.
Xinhua
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