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Nine people have been arrested in a Pekan investigation into the sale and purchase of fraudulent medical certificates. Four additional suspects were detained, expanding the scale of the illicit operation under police scrutiny.
Three individuals including a workshop owner, mechanic and cleaner have been arrested in Pekan on suspicion of manufacturing and distributing fake medical certificates purporting to originate from a government medical officer.
Authorities in Pekan have apprehended three individuals accused of operating an organised scheme to sell forged medical leave certificates. A female civil servant is being sought as the suspected source of the fraudulent documents.