Refunds prompting some to reinvest

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite recent reports of JJPTR having gone bust, some 100 investors who got their initial capital back are thinking of putting in money again.

“All of us know that such schemes are risky. If we couldn’t get our money back, then it is fated,” said 58-year-old paraplegic Ang Tiau Koh.

Ang, who works as a part-time cashier, admitted that he got his US$1,000 (RM4,347) back yesterday but he would “look and see” before deciding to re-invest in JJPTR.

“Not right now but maybe later,” he said.

Self-employed Lee Tiun, 23, who is also a paraplegic, said he had felt very sad when he received news that JJPTR had collapsed.

“I’ve invested around US$450 (RM1,956) because I thought it could ease my financial burden. But I just managed to get my (20%) dividend for one month before they stopped paying.

“I felt sad. But now that they have returned my money, I feel positive again,” Lee said.

A 27-year-old investor, who is mute and works as an account executive, said he managed to earn around RM5,000 after investing in early 2016.

“I got back my initial investment of US$500 (RM2,173) today.

“I feel it (the scheme) is genuine,” he said with the help of an interpreter.

Most of the investors present were from the Klang Valley but there were also some who had travelled from as far as Kelantan to get their refunds.

According to an employee from JJPTR, the investors were refunded between US$25 (RM108) and US$4,000 (RM17,388).