BALING: The son of a retired Felcra financial officer, who has been missing since early this month, believes his father has been abducted.
Muhammad Amir Hakimi Sabari, 25, made the claim after discovering that a sum of money belonging to his 62-year-old father, Sabari Baharom, had been transferred to a third-party bank account just two days after the latter disappeared.
Amir also believes his father, who has been missing since Sept 3, is still alive, despite his car being found burnt in Belantik, Sik, last Friday.
He said after accessing several online bank accounts belonging to his father, he noticed a transfer of money from his father's Tabung Haji account to an Islamic Bank account and then to a Maybank account belonging to an unknown woman.
"Check by the police via closed circuit camera system (CCTV) showed that a woman had made the withdrawal on Sept 4 and 5 from my father's account.
"We do not know what their intention is to take my father's money. If my father is still in their custody, please release him back to us.
"We miss him very much, we haven't heard any news about him for the past 15 days," he said when met at his father's house in Kampung Mengkuang Tengah, Kuala Pegang, today.
Amir said his father frequently traveled between his home and that of his eldest sister, Suraiya Izzaty Sabari, 29, in Sungai Petani to visit his two grandchildren.
He added that before his disappearance, Sabari had contacted him about delivering some medicines and traditional herbal ingredients to treat his baby's jaundice, but he never arrived.
"Usually, if my father says he's coming over, he will definitely arrive that day or the next, but this time he hasn't come at all," he said.
Suraiya said the family has been continuously trying to gather information on their father's whereabouts, regularly checking his online accounts for any new transactions, and asking relatives if he had visited them.
She added that her father is very cautious with money withdrawals and is well aware of current issues, including online fraud and scammers.