Influencer couple remanded in donation misappropriation probe

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A married couple, who are also social media influencers, have been remanded for four days, starting Thursday (July 11), to assist in the investigation into allegations of misappropriating donations collected.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2s3wfa8n  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A married couple, who are also social media influencers and entrepreneurs, have been remanded

00:08for four days over allegations of misappropriating public donation funds since 2020.

00:15Two more individuals, believed to be directors of a fundraising platform, have also been

00:20remanded for four days.

00:23Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued the remand order against the four suspects

00:29after allowing the MACC's application at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

00:36The case is being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009.

00:42The husband and wife, aged 29 and 26, were arrested on Wednesday evening while the other

00:47two suspects were arrested at midnight after having their statements recorded at the MACC

00:53headquarters.

00:54The couple had been facing accusations of collecting donations exceeding millions of

00:58ringgit and not channeling the funds to the intended recipients.

01:02According to a source, the donations collected had surpassed three million ringgit, with

01:07investigations still at the initial stages.

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