Asri holds up a confiscated medal and sash. Bernama
ALOR SETAR: Police detained a man with the title of “Datuk” at a hotel here on Wednesday over his alleged involvement in a medal scam using the name of a member of the royalty.
Kedah police chief Datuk Asri Yusoff said the suspect, in his 50s, was picked up at the medal presentation ceremony at 1.30pm following a public tip-off on the function, which was organised by a volunteer association in Perak.
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