Four under arrest for impersonating Datuk Seri

IPOH: Police have arrested four people who impersonated as "Datuk Seri", including two women using the name of a senior aide to the Prime Minister, to recommend for Datuk and Datuk Seri awards to be bestowed by the Yang di Pertuan Agong and offer non existent projects.
One of the women is the wife of one of the suspects.
"They even went to the extent of taking their unsuspecting victims on a helicopter ride to show the projects in Langkawi this year," Perak police chief Datuk Hasnan Hassan said at a press conference today.
"The group, led by a 31-year-old mastermind, committed the offences in Langkawi, Selangor, Kedah and Kuala Lumpur.
"Police made their breakthrough when a security guard lodged a report after he was hit with a pistol and threatened by a male who claimed to be a 'strongman' of the prime minister at Mont Blue Residence here at 11.10am on March 11.
"The victim sustained injuries on his forehead and we conducted an investigation which led us to a bungalow in Jalan Enclave on March 30.
"The incident occurred following an argument and we are still investigating," he added.
The raiding party from the CID and Commercial branch picked up two men and two women aged 24 and 65.
The suspects from Perak, Johor and Selangor who had previous records for cheating and firearms cases have been remanded until April 8 to facilitate investigations.
Three of them tested positive for drugs.
The victims lost RM1.6 million in the scam.
"Police seized several papers and documents bearing the name of the Prime Minster and a fake rubber stamp of the Prime Minister's Chief Principal Secretary Datuk Iskandar Mohd Kaus," Hasnan said.
"We also recovered 49 fake rubber stamps of the Yang Di Pertuan Agong, the office of the Prime Minister, the government of Malaysia, state governments, companies together with fake government, companies documents and VVIP stickers.
"A government ceremonial dress with medals for an investiture ceremony, a letter which purportedly awarded the honours and medals from the Yang di Pertuan Agong to the suspect, several vehicle crests of the awards, crests of Member of the 14th Parliament, seven vehicle registration documents and a car were also seized.
"Other items found in the bungalow were six photo frames of the Datuk Seri in ceremonial attire, a pistol, a revolver, six bullets, six handphones, 11 cheque books, a laptop, a printer and 180 grams of ganja.
"Investigation revealed the group which had been active since 2017 was responsible for 11 criminal and cheating cases in Perak, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
"Their modus operandi is to approach victims and use names of VIPs to offer non existent projects and also to get honours and medals from the King.
"We are continuing with the investigation under the Firearms Act and also to probe whether there are other cases linked to the group," he said.
Police are appealing to the public who had been conned by the group to come forward to assist in the investigation.