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Friday 25 April 2014

Taiping MIC leaders under probe

An Indian based association lodged a police report against three local MIC leaders, one a district councillor, allegedly for being involved in criminal breach of trust.

PETALING JAYA: A local district councillor is among three MIC leaders being investigated by the police on claims of being involved in criminal breach of trust (CBT).

An Indian-based association from Taiping lodged a police report against the MIC leaders on April 16, alleging that the trio had withdrawn RM100,000 from its bank account, without the knowledge of its committee members.

The district councillor mentioned in the report also sits as a committee member in the association.

FMT learnt that the fund was given to the association by the government early this month to conduct welfare and educational programmes for the local Indian community.

When contacted, Taiping district police chief Yusuf Mohd Diah confirmed receiving the report and said the police were in the midst of investigating the matter

“We still in the preliminary process. We will come out with a proper report very soon,” he added.

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