{
  "id": 19287644,
  "title": "High Court upholds bank manager's dismissal over pressure cooker theft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/high-court-upholds-bank-managers-dismissal-over-pressure-cooker-theft",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T05:01:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/11/1574548/high-court-upholds-bank-managers-dismissal-over-pressure-cooker-theft"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has upheld the dismissal of a former bank manager, K. Gopala Krishna, 55, over the theft of a pressure cooker from the bank's storeroom. Judge Alice Loke Yee Ching ruled that the dismissal was with just cause and excuse, stating that the Industrial Court's findings were supported by the evidence. Gopala joined the bank in August 2019 and became a manager in the group retail banking department later. CCTV footage showed him leaving the storeroom on October 30, 2020, carrying a box in a black garbage bag, which the bank suspected contained the stolen pressure cooker. Gopala claimed the box contained his personal belongings. The bank dismissed him on January 25, 2021, following a review of the CCTV footage and his failure to provide a satisfactory explanation during internal audits. The bank awarded Gopala RM3,000 in costs.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has dismissed an appeal by a former bank manager against his dismissal over the disappearance of a pressure cooker from the bank’s storeroom.",
  "key_points": [
    "High Court upholds dismissal of former bank manager K. Gopala Krishna.",
    "CCTV footage showed Krishna stealing pressure cooker on October 30, 2020.",
    "Krishna dismissed on January 25, 2021, after failing to explain theft."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "DMK MP Jagathrakshakan, son Sundeep Anand of TVK move Madras High Court over ₹161.12-crore FEMA case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/dmk-mp-jagathrakshakan-son-sundeep-anand-of-tvk-move-madras-high",
        "published": "2026-11-10T05:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}