WASHINGTON, April 14: The United States has frozen the funds of jailed Jemaah Islamiah leader Abu Bakar Bashir and three other members of the Al Qaeda-linked militant network, the Treasury department said on Thursday.

The department, acting on a presidential order, officially froze the assets of the four Indonesian men and prohibited Americans from conducting any transactions with them.

A treasury statement said the government would also join other countries, including Australia, in seeking to have the men’s names added to a United Nations list of terrorists tied to Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Jemaah Islamiah is blamed for bombings in the region.—Reuters