Govt Clinic Nurse Among Five Arrested Over Illegal MC Sales in Pahang

Five individuals, including a female nurse from a government clinic, have been remanded to assist in investigations into a suspected illegal trade of medical leave certificates (MCs) in this district.

The order was issued by Magistrate Melody Woon Sze Mun following an application by the police after the arrest of all the suspects.

In the proceedings, Melody allowed four of the suspects to be remanded for four days until 19 June, while one suspect was remanded for three days.

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The case came to light after the Pekan District Health Office received information on 12 May regarding the alleged sale of MC certificates among workers at a factory in the district.

Acting on intelligence and investigations, police arrested five suspects aged between 30 and 55 during an operation around the Pekan district on 15 June.

They consist of three individuals suspected to be middlemen, a civil servant believed to have supplied the fake MCs, and another individual suspected of obtaining and using the documents.

Checks revealed that the MCs used the name and stamp of a medical officer who had been transferred since 2023.

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Further investigations found that the serial numbers on the MCs were part of an official MC booklet that had been distributed to a government clinic in the district.

Police believe the MCs were sold for between RM50 and RM200 each through several individuals acting as middlemen to find customers.

The case is being investigated under Section 468 of the Penal Code for forgery for the purpose of cheating, and Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.

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