Fake certs search widens

KUALA LUMPUR: The police will be expanding their hunt on the sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates in other states following the arrest of a doctor in Terengganu this week.Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said Bukit Aman was treating the matter very seriously.

“We are not sure at this time whether there are others who are selling such certificates.

“I have instructed both the directors of the CID and CCID to collect intelligence to uncover whether such activity is occurring in other states as well,” he told reporters after attending the education and early skills of autism students’ programme at the Royal Malaysia Police’s Pengaman Autism Centre yesterday.

The selling of fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates must be curbed as it could hamper efforts to stop the spread of the virus, the IGP said.

“We don’t want the irresponsible acts of certain parties to jeopardise efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19,” he added.

On Tuesday, Bukit Aman CCID director Comm Datuk Kamarudin Md Din said police detected only one case of selling fake vaccination certificates so far, which was in Marang, Terengganu.

He said a 51-year-old medical practitioner was arrested in that case, where he sold vaccination certificates without administering the vaccine.

The suspect has been remanded to assist investigation.

Comm Kamarudin has urged those with information on such activities to contact the nearest police station or CCID Scam Response Centre at 03-2610 1559/1599 so that investigations could commence.