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Cops quiz three in probe into theft of RM109,000 in school cash aid

Police get statements from headmaster who left money in car, teacher, restaurant employee

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 19 Jan 2023 5:05PM

Cops quiz three in probe into theft of RM109,000 in school cash aid
Police have not ruled out the possibility of insider involvement in a case where RM109,000 in early schooling financial assistance went missing after being withdrawn from a bank in Semenyih by a school headmaster. – SAIRIEN NAFIS/File pic, January 19, 2023

SG BULOH – Police have recorded the statements of three individuals, including a school headmaster, to assist the probe into the disappearance of early schooling financial assistance totalling RM109,000 which was withdrawn from a bank in Semenyih near here on Monday.

Acting Selangor police chief Datuk S. Sasikala Devi said the two individuals were a teacher and an employee of the restaurant where the complainant, the headmaster, bought drinks at the time of the incident.

“Apart from these three individuals, police will also call bank employees. We do not rule out the possibility of insider involvement, however, the investigation has yet to find any clues,” he said in a press conference at the Sg Buloh district police headquarters here today.

He said the incident could also not be detected by CCTV camera footage at the location.

On Monday, the media reported a school headmaster lost RM109,000 in school aid allocated for a school in Beranang, Selangor, when the funds were stolen from his car.

The money was earlier withdrawn by the headmaster from a bank and placed in a bag in the front passenger seat of his car while he went to a nearby shop to buy a drink in Semenyih.

Meanwhile, in another development regarding the investigation into the discovery of the dismembered body of an unidentified person stuffed in a black bag at KM447 of the North-South Expressway southbound near the Rawang exit on Tuesday, Sasikala Devi said police would seek the cooperation of Interpol to identify the victim.

“Police suspect that the victim is a foreigner because there was no BCG injection mark on the arm. We are also waiting for any party to come forward to file a missing person complaint and it has been confirmed that until today no report has been received.

“The preliminary results of the post-mortem show that the victim is believed to have been killed about 12 hours before being dumped and found by the members of the public,” he said. – Bernama, January 19, 2023

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