Danish bank freezes ROJ TV accounts

ISTANBUL

A Danish bank has frozen the bank account of the ROJ TV channel for its alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), daily Sabah reported yesterday.

Denmark’s Danske Bank said in a letter it sent to the channel that the bank took the decision in order to avoid being liable to prosecution as an accomplice to terrorist activities. A Copenhagen court delivered a verdict Jan. 10, ruling that ROJ TV was an instrument of the PKK through its financial, structural and operational ties. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey and much of the international community.

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