Depositors Savings Safe Despite Police Reports Assures Tabung Haji

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Lembaga Tabung Haji group managing director and CEO Zukri Samat today assured depositors that their savings are safe
He said this in response to a Bernama query on the impact of recent police reports against former Tabung Haji chairperson, its former CEOs and senior management staff
He said the police reports had not impacted its operations
“It is business as usual for us. Our depositors should trust that Tabung Haji will ensure their deposits are secure,” he added
Last Friday, Tabung Haji lodged reports with Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department against its former chairperson Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, former CEOs Ismee Ismail and Johan Abdullah and four senior management staff
The senior staff are Adi Azuan (chief operating officer) and Rozaida Omar (chief financial officer), Hazlina Mohd Khalid (legal adviser) and Rifina Md Ariff (senior general manager, corporate services and real estate)
The first report involves Yayasan Tabung Haji’s 2017 Programme, where funds totalling over RM22 million were alleged to have been disbursed for activities with political inclinations. This contravenes the Memorandum And Articles of Association of the foundation
The trustees of Yayasan Tabung Haji during that time were Abdul Azeez, Ismee, Johan, Adi and Rozaida
Yayasan Tabung Haji was set up in 2016 to undertake, among others, humanitarian aid and to contribute for the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. Tabung Haji had contributed RM7 million to the programme
The second report against Ismee, Hazlina and Rifina relates to misrepresentations and withholding of material information involving Tabung Haji's 2012 sale of 95 percent shareholdings in PT TH Indo Plantations held by its two subsidiaries, namely TH Indopalms Sdn Bhd (THI) and TH Indo Industries Sdn Bhd (THII), to PT Borneo Pacific (PT Borneo) for US$910 million
PT TH Indo Plantations own a total of 83,000ha of palm oil estates in Indonesia
The reports lodged last Friday were the first following internal investigations into past transactions, spearheaded by the new management, since July 2018
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa had yesterday issued a statement reiterating that the government would not compromise on action against anyone involved in the embezzlement of Tabung Haji depositors’ money. - Mkini

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