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Police in Pahang have arrested four additional suspects linked to a forged medical certificate operation. Five others detained earlier in the week have been released from remand, says Pahang police chief Yahaya Othman.
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.
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.