KUCHING, Jan 31 — Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen is seeking the aid of the federal Deputy Finance Minister II Steven Sim Chee Keong to help 10 people who lost their money to fraudsters through unauthorised transfers from their bank accounts and credit card transactions. He said the 10 victims have all filed reports with the police, but have not received feedback on what action will be taken to get their money back.
Chong said in all these fraudulent bank transfer transactions, there is invariably a recipient bank account holder. He said the recipient bank has the information of the depositors and the money fraudulently transferred can be traced and retrieved. “Such an approach has hampered the effort of the victims to recover their money,” he added, stating that the unauthorised transfers of money from one’s account to another is a crime of stealing.