(Johor Bahru) A Malaysian’s roommate in Singapore has allegedly used his credit card to transfer funds into TouchnGo ewallet three times without his knowledge on 16 and 17 November last year.

The Malaysian, known as Mr Li, 35, had lodged police reports in Singapore and Malaysia but was in formed that the case, which involved two countries, would be difficult to see progress.

In addition, Li had to pay the RM8,918.30 sen transferred from his credit card where the bank in Malaysia gave him two options – pay the sum in instalments without interest charges or seek help from the Ombudsman for Financial Services to investigate the case.

Li would still be charged with interest rates if he does not settle the outstanding sum during the investigation period.

Li’s debit card from a Singapore bank was also used by the roommate to transfer a total of SGD 2,550 into Wise account on 9 and 10 November last year.

When he lodged a police report in Singapore, Li was told that the sum was transferred into a Wise account registered with the roommate’s passport number.

The Singapore police also suggested Li to lodge a police report with Malaysian police as the purported fraudulent transfer involved the credit card issued in Malaysia.

The police from the lion city also said it could not take action as the roommate had left Singapore and returned to Malaysia.

However, when Li lodged a police report in Malaysia, he was informed that the alleged transfer of funds were carried out in Singapore and the police could not take action pending investigation by the bank.

The bank and TouchnGo also refused to reveal the details of the funds due to Bank Negara regulations, said Li.

Li sought help from Heng Zhi Li, the youth chief of MCA Johor to highlight his plight to the authorities.

Heng said the police in Malaysia and Singapore should set up a joint taskforce to probe the cases, believed to be common in taking advantage of the loopholes in regulations.

Heng also said the MCA youth in Johor is compiling trans-border fraud cases to submit to the Johor police chief.