Duo remanded as police probe possible million ringgit umrah scam
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Duo remanded as police probe possible million ringgit umrah scam
KUALA TERENGGANU: Two individuals have been remanded for four days beginning today to assist in the investigation into an alleged umrah package scam involving more than 2,000 potential pilgrims and millions of ringgit.
The remand order was issued by Magistrate Rozianti Mohamed under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating today.
Both were officials from Yayasan Bakti Negara Terengganu (YBNT), arrived at the Magistrate's Court accompanied by the police.
Prior to this, local media reported that YBNT confirmed its failure to manage more than 2,000 pilgrims, many of whom are teachers, who joined its umrah packages.
However, YBNT has denied that it had cheated 2,418 participants of the programme.
It was later learnt that the postponement of their flights to the Holy Land was mainly due to the fact that YBNT had received the budget later than planned. -- Bernama
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