KUALA TERENGGANU: A member of the Terengganu royal family has filed a lawsuit against two banks to recover RM1.985 million in savings allegedly lost through a series of unauthorised transactions between Sept and Dec last year.

Tengku Ismail Tengku Ibrahim, 65, claimed he discovered the loss in early January when he checked his accounts and found balances of just RM73 and RM99.

Tengku Ismail claimed he discovered the missing funds when he checked his accounts at a bank counter in early January, finding that one bank account had a balance of about RM73, while another account contained approximately RM99.

He believed the money was withdrawn in small amounts through repeated transactions until almost all his savings had disappeared.