Datuk registry to be set up


Awalan showing the card issued to members conferred with Datuk titles. - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The growing number of bogus Datuks in the country is causing alarm and steps are being taken to solve the issue.

Efforts are under way to set up a national body to register genuine title holders and weed out the fake ones.

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