Cover image via The Indonesian Olympics badminton team lost nearly one billion rupiah in cash in Paris on Monday, 5 August
According to CNN Indonesia, the team's manager, Armand Darmadji, had his bag containing 950 million rupiah (about RM265,000), credit cards, and passports stolen on Monday afternoon.
The cash was the team's allowance, allocated for their stay throughout the Olympic Games in Paris.
It is suspected that a crime syndicate had targeted the team manager with a flat tyre scam
It is said that Darmadji was sitting in the team's rental car with another colleague, Puspa Irawati, when an individual suddenly approached them to inform them of their car's flat tyre.
Darmadji got out of the car to check the tyre, while Irawati went to a nearby store to buy necessities for the team.
After contacting the car rental service to report the issue, Darmadji returned to his seat and found his bag missing.
The team manager has reported the incident to the local police and the Indonesian Embassy in Paris
Despite the incident, ANTARA News reported that the Indonesian badminton team is returning home as scheduled today, 7 August.
