Police have so far 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.
“A detailed investigation is being carried out based on the report 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.
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.