Posted on 02/11/2020 4:15:33 PM PST by marshmallow
Move comes amid 'false' accusations that the group is aiding communist rebels
The Philippine government has frozen the bank accounts of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) for "probable cause," saying they are "related to terrorism financing."
The government's Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ordered a 20-day freeze on three RMP accounts with the Bank of the Philippine Islands.
In a resolution dated Dec. 26, 2019, the AMLC also ordered the bank to submit details of related bank accounts and proposed the filing of a petition before the Court of Appeals to extend the freeze order to six months.
The RMP expressed its "utmost dismay" with the council, saying that the decision "greatly encumbers our mission to collectively witness and act as Christ’s disciples with the rural poor."
The bank notified the church organization last month that several accounts had been suspended: two for the national office and nine for its chapters in the northern Mindanao region.
"These accounts were created and maintained for completed and ongoing projects of RMP as well as for its internal operations," said the organization in a statement released on Feb. 6.
It also denied involvement "in any form of financing terrorism," adding that donations and funding received by the organization are used to implement projects and programs to help the poor.
"We have our mission and community partners to confirm this," said the group.
"In freezing our bank accounts, the AMLC is only depriving the rural poor of the help and services they deserve and that the government refuses to provide," it added.
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I’m betting that the Islamic factions in the south had a lot to do with this.
Nope. Dutae hates the West, Catholics, Christians and absolutely loves Communist China, Winnie Xi Pooh and Islam. It’s a Mindanao thing, I guess.
Duarte is also ending the US military agreement.
Yep. Dutae absolutely wants the Philippines to be a Province of Communist China. You know all during the Chekwa Coronavirus, Dutae still allowed flights with Xiamen Air to land in Davao? He told the Mayor of Cebu and Governor of Cebu Province that Cebu doesn’t have the right to restrict Communist Chinese tourists. I wonder what the real Chekwa Coronavirus infection and death rate is in the Philippines?
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