M'sian man claims he deposited RM1 million in bank 20 years ago, tries to get it, bank says no such record - Mothership

A Malaysian man, 72, said that he and his wife deposited RM1 million (S$313,000) to a bank in Aug. 25, 2006.

According to Sinchew, he money was purportedly placed in two fixed deposit accounts, each with a 2-year lock-in period.

The man said he ended up not withdrawing the money from those accounts for 20 years.

On February 2026, the man claimed that while tidying up his house, he saw a photocopy of the deposit slip, which triggered his memory.

When he went down to the Sibu bank branch in Sarawak to withdraw the money, they told him there was no record of the two deposits.

Further checks with different officials, including travelling to the central bank in Peninsular Malaysia, also came up blank.

Feeling like he had no other options, the man requested police assistance in September of this year as he went down to the bank to ask for the money. An assistant to the state assemblyman also went down with him.

The bank once again told him they had no such records.

The police suggested the possibility that the money had been transferred to the Accountant General's Department since it had been deposited so long ago, saying money does not disappear into thin air.

The man exasperatedly told Sinchew that he hopes the relevant authorities will take a look into this situation.