Indonesian local banks suffered some 2 trillion rupiah (some US$22 million) lending loss in Aceh province, as the affect of tsunami disaster on Dec. 26, the Bank of Indonesia said Friday.
"The total credit in Aceh province is 4 trillion, about 50 percent of the total credit loss due to tsunami disaster," said Governor of the Bank of Indonesia Burhannudin Abdullah, who was quoted by the Bisnis Indonesia daily.
He said the central bank was considering whether to entirely or partly write off the unrecoverable loans for humanitarian reasons, or to extend the payment of the lending period.
"There are certain condition that must be considered in the rules of credits," he said.
Today a number of local banks have recommenced their operation in the tsunami hit Aceh province.
The Dec. 26 catastrophe had leveled Banda Aceh, capital of the province and several parts of North Sumatra province, killing more than 98,000 people.