KUALA LUMPUR – Police will soon summon the owner of a Bumiputera company accused of embezzling flight training program fees intended for an aviation academy abroad.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said all other parties involved – including the aviation trainees who fell victim to the scheme, and several witnesses – will also be called in to assist with the investigation.
“We will be reaching out to all these individuals in the near future. The timeline for when they will be called in depends on the investigating officer.
“The police will also review the agreement documents between the company and the trainees, along with the financial transactions related to the fees paid by the trainees’ families to the company,” he explained when contacted by Bernama, today.
Police have received 11 reports on allegations that a local company misappropriated money from a flight training programme that was supposed to be paid to an overseas flight academy, Ramli said yesterday, adding that one of the reports was received from Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) while the other 10 were from trainees affected by the embezzlement.
“A detailed investigation is being carried out based on the report (Mara) involving the value of losses estimated at RM2.4 million.
“Investigations under Section 409 of the Penal Code are still underway and the investigating officer is in the process of completing several instructions given by the Deputy Public Prosecutor to complete the investigation of the case,” he said in a statement today.
Bernama had earlier reported about the alleged case, which among others discussed the company’s failure and the huge financial losses faced by the trainees’ families and Mara.
One of the trainees’ father explained that Mara had allocated an estimated RM441,000 to fund each of its sponsored trainees at the Czech Aviation Training Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, with the funds being handed over to the company to pay for their tuition and accommodation fees.
“There was a time when trainees from Malaysia in Prague were evicted from their accommodation in the middle of the night because the company failed to pay the accommodation fee.
“During the turmoil, many parents of students came forward to investigate the company’s situation by forming a WhatsApp group.
“After learning that the company had failed to pay the fees to the flight school, they decided to lodge a joint police report on February 5, 2022, at the Bukit Jelutong police station in Shah Alam,” he said. – October 26, 2024