China offers judicial help to Indonesia

Authorities vow to track down, freeze $500 million of ill-gotten assets

Chinese authorities will cooperate with Indonesia to confiscate more than $500 million of ill-gotten assets illegally transferred to China by corrupt Indonesian banking officials.

Under the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between China and Indonesia that took effect in 2006, the Ministry of Justice will "give support to the Indonesian judicial authorities in the areas of financial intelligence exchanges and the collection of evidence," said Zhang Sujun, vice-minister of justice.