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The Star

A mysterious suitcase containing more than 500,000 ringgit (US$111,500) that was left in a car park of a shopping centre in Malaysia has been quietly reunited with its owner – eight months later.
The suitcase and cash were reportedly handed over to a company owner who is in his 50s.
Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the man had made a police report to claim the suitcase and cash.
“The deputy public prosecutor had instructed that the cash and the suitcase be released to him through a court order,” Hussein said.
“It was handed over sometime in mid-November,” he added. And with that, he said the case was deemed closed.
But like any good mystery, there have been numerous questions surrounding the bag and the substantial amount of cash ever since a security guard at a shopping centre in Selangor stumbled upon it on March 20 last year.
The owner reportedly left the suitcase at the car park on accident.

It had appeared to be an ordinary piece of travel luggage, yet it caused a stir when found abandoned in the car park.
Due to the large amount of cash inside, investigators had to painstakingly count the money, which was in denominations of 50 ringgit and 100 ringgit notes.
For months, it remained unclaimed despite a company representative coming forward initially to claim the suitcase days after its discovery.
The representative lodged a police report in Shah Alam, but he did not show up at the Damansara police station when summoned, citing reasons such as illness and having to attend meetings.
“He is required to go to the police station to provide proof of ownership [of the cash] and to give his statement pertaining to the investigation,” Hussein was quoted as saying at the time.
The 39-year-old security guard who found the suitcase was presented with an award by his employer for his honesty.
This article was first published by The Star


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The case, containing more than US$100,000 worth of ringgit banknotes, was discovered in a shopping centre car park


The case, containing more than US$100,000 worth of ringgit banknotes, was discovered in a shopping centre car park.


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