FMT ALERT KUALA LUMPUR: Former Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED) CEO P Chitrakala Vasu was charged with three counts of cheating to the tune of RM4 million at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning.
She claimed trial before judge Azizah Mahamud and has been released on a RM30,000 bail. The case will be mentioned again on June 14.
She was arrested yesterday by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over this matter.
She had been under investigations following a police report lodged by MIC officials for alleged criminal breach of trust amounting to RM5.25 million.
Chitrakala, 35, a former blue-eyed girl of MIC president S Samy Vellu, had a fallout with the veteran leader following alleged misappropriation of funds from the Maju Institute of Educational Development.
She was the chief executive officer of MIED, an education arm of MIC which was involved in giving out scholarships for needy Indian students as well as the main body which oversaw the party's Aimst University.
The party had then lodged a police report over the missing funds as well as missing MIED files.
This was the followed by the removal of the party's long serving treasurer M Mahalingam, who was a MIED cheque signatory.
The charges levelled against Chitrakala today stated that she had cheated Mahalingam into issuing cheques for payments.
She claimed trial before judge Azizah Mahamud and has been released on a RM30,000 bail. The case will be mentioned again on June 14.
She was arrested yesterday by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over this matter.
She had been under investigations following a police report lodged by MIC officials for alleged criminal breach of trust amounting to RM5.25 million.
Chitrakala, 35, a former blue-eyed girl of MIC president S Samy Vellu, had a fallout with the veteran leader following alleged misappropriation of funds from the Maju Institute of Educational Development.
She was the chief executive officer of MIED, an education arm of MIC which was involved in giving out scholarships for needy Indian students as well as the main body which oversaw the party's Aimst University.
The party had then lodged a police report over the missing funds as well as missing MIED files.
This was the followed by the removal of the party's long serving treasurer M Mahalingam, who was a MIED cheque signatory.
The charges levelled against Chitrakala today stated that she had cheated Mahalingam into issuing cheques for payments.
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