00:00Ten people, including two bank managers and a teacher, have been charged with being members
00:07of an organized crime group linked to missing funds totaling 24.2 million ringgit from several
00:13bank accounts.
00:14They pleaded not guilty before Judge Datuk Zaleha Ros Pandin after their cases were transferred
00:19from the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court to the High Court on Friday.
00:23They were first charged at the Sessions Court on July 25.
00:28The ten are bank managers Irene Chin, Njok Thien and Christina alias Caroline Pianus
00:33Itip, teacher T. Subramaniam, pensioners Nasir Abdul Rasid and Leong Hin Ping, self-employed
00:40Sugumaran K. Ponia, fisherman Hasran Magin, two unemployed Virionis Jonok and Mazlani
00:46Januri, and contractor Josephine J. Lankan, who's believed to be their leader.
00:51They were charged under Section 130V, Subsection 1 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail
00:57term of between 5 years and 20 years upon conviction.
01:00The court fixed November 7 for next mention.
01:04It was reported that the group had made a detailed plan to produce fake MyCard for use
01:08in banking matters and manipulated the bank's fingerprint scanner.
01:13Syndicate members on the inside identified high-value account holders as victims.
01:19The monies were taken out via bank counter-transactions, the first being conducted in April.
01:25The case came to light after a targeted account holder went to the bank to update their details.
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