KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The police are confident that a Pakistani, wanted in connection with unauthorised withdrawals of money belonging to three passengers and a crew of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 aircraft, which vanished on March 8, was still in the country.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Tajuddin Md Isa said to date, there was no indication the man had escaped abroad.

“As of today, we are still hunting for the man who is said to be a Pakistani national. Investigations have revealed he has no past criminal record,” he said during a handing-over of duties between Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zainuddin Ahmad and ACP Rasdi Ramli.

Rasdi has been appointed Dang Wangi acting police chief while Zainuddin takes over as Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters CID and community security chief.

On Wednesday, a bank lodged a report on unauthorised transactions from accounts owned by the three passengers and a crew member.

The money from the account was believed to have been transferred by a staff of the bank via Internet banking to the accounts of other individuals.

Following this, police also detained a bank officer and her husband on August 14, believed to be involved in the case.

Meanwhile, in a separate case, the police are waiting for a response from the Interpol branch in Taiwan to identify two men, believed to be Taiwanese nationals, who are on the wanted list.

The duo are wanted to facilitate investigations into the theft of two diamond rings worth about RM1.5 million from two jewellery galleries in Starhill, Bukit Bintang recently.

“The police have identified the two suspects who are believed to be Taiwan nationals but to date, we have not received any feedback from Taiwan Interpol,” said Tajuddin. — Bernama