Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) aims to destroy all rupiah notes inscribed with the name of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party's chief patron, Prabowo Subianto.

BI's communications director, Peter Jacobs, said, as quoted by Kontan.co.id, that unofficially marked currency was considered damaged and should not be used for transactions. "Therefore, currency that has been marked [with Prabowo's name] will be destroyed once it enters the Bank Indonesia system," Peter said.

Rupiah notes with Prabowo's name came to light via social media, when a number of people posted photos of the money on Twitter. The inscription reads: "Prabowo: Satria Piningit (Knight of Justice)".

Peter added that whoever was behind the move to inscribe the notes with Prabowo's name had to stop their activities. "The rupiah is a state symbol, so the public must not do anything to tarnish it," he said.