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(回答先: 中国銀行、北朝鮮関連の口座を凍結（TBS News i）【中国、米と歩調を合わせ北朝鮮に制裁】 投稿者 gataro 日時 2006 年 7 月 24 日 23:33:03)
7月26日付フィナンシアル・タイムズ紙は、中国がアメリカに続いて北朝鮮の銀行口座を凍結した、と報じた。
中国銀行が何百万㌦もの額の北朝鮮口座を凍結したものである。北朝鮮に不安定要因をもたらすかもしれないと、中国はこれまで何らかの処置をとるのを控えてきた。それ故今回の処置は注目に値する。
米国政府は中国から火曜日、中国銀行マカオ支店の北朝鮮口座を凍結したとの通告を受けていた。今年初めには中国は金融機関に北朝鮮の（米ドル）偽造について警告していたのだ。
今回の銀行口座凍結は、北朝鮮が今月挑発的なミサイル発射をする前に実施されていた。こうした情報はアメリカを訪れた韓国野党国会議員に、前の、あるいは現役の米政府当局者がワシントンで語ったものである。なお中国銀行自身はコメントを控えている。
以下英文による詳細は次のとおり。
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China freezes N Korean accounts
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f892ff32-1c0d-11db-a555-0000779e2340.html
By Anna Fifield in Seoul and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Published: July 25 2006 20:09 | Last updated: July 26 2006 03:41
The Bank of China has frozen North Korean bank accounts containing millions of dollars, following in the footsteps of a US-led crackdown on the rogue state’s alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.
The decision is remarkable because Beijing, long concerned about the potential for catastrophe on its north-eastern border, has hitherto avoided taking any action that might cause instability in Kim Jong-il’s regime.
A US government official said on Tuesday the Bush administration had been alerted that the Bank of China had frozen North Korea-related assets in its Macao branch. Earlier this year, China had warned financial institutions about counterfeiting by North Korea.
The Bank of China froze the accounts before this month’s provocative rocket tests by North Korea, which have led to international sanctions intended to curb North Korea’s missile programme, said Park Jin, a prominent lawmaker in South Korea’s main opposition Grand National Party who recently met former and current US administration officials in Washington.
Pyongyang has responded angrily to US action against the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in Macao, where $24m of North Korean money has been frozen since September. Similar action by China’s second-largest bank is likely to have a profound effect. North Korea has insisted it will not resume six-party talks unless the US calls off its financial campaign.
“I understand the Bank of China stopped dealing with North Korea as the US expanded its probe,” said Mr Park. “This is a virtual ban against dealing with North Korea by China, leaving North Korea all the more devastated,” Mr Park said, quoting a former Bush administration official. Washington believes Pyongyang has been counterfeiting Chinese renminbi as well as US dollars, he added.
The Bank of China declined to comment.
The US Treasury is still investigating BDA and eight North Korean companies, which Washington alleges were involved in counterfeiting and laundering money earned by activities such as narcotics and missile trading.
John Snow, former US Treasury secretary, said in April that the Treasury had been given “total autonomy” to pursue serious abuses of the financial system by countries that pose a nuclear proliferation threat.
North Korean and foreign businessmen dealing with Pyongyang say sanctions have shut down the regime’s ability to earn foreign currency.
Several banks have severed ties with North Korea after the BDA action, leading Pyongyang reportedly to open new accounts containing $200m-$300m in countries including Switzerland, Austria, Russia and Singapore.
“The reason North Korea is so upset about BDA is because of its impact on its bank accounts in other countries,” said Mr Park.
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