Two Weddings and A Missing Manager

Two Weddings & A Missing Manager (The Malay Mail, 10 June, 2008) by Teoh El Sen

A manager with a country club in Kota Kemuning allegedly succumbed to temptation and took off with RM17,000 from two wedding dinners last Saturday. The newly-weds decided to settle the outstanding amounts with the ang pau they collected from guests and well-wishers. They had earlier paid a total deposit of RM20,000.

The manager, with the club for about seven months, even took off with the company car, a Nissan Sentra, alleged a source in the club’s higher management.

“There were two functions — one for 250 people in our ballroom and another for 180 at our restaurant,” he said.

The manager had collected the RM17,000 from the two functions about 9pm but about an hour later, one of the assistant managers began to suspect something amiss.

“She contacted me to ask if the manager was having dinner with me outside the club,” he said.
They then tried calling the manager via walkie-talkie and his cell phone but there was no response.

They then went to the manager’s house. It was past midnight and he was not at home.
“We lodged a report at the Shah Alam police station,” said the source.

Shah Alam police chief ACP Noor Azam Jamaludin confirmed the report. They are still trying to find the manager. The case is being investigated under Section 408 of the Penal Code.