State Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the fourth suspect, a 49-year-old man, was picked up by a team from the Pahang CCID at his house in Batu Caves, Selangor, at 6.45pm Saturday.
“The suspect is believed to have been involved in posting the selling of state awards and medals on Facebook,” he said when contacted here today.
Wazir said the entry was posted on the Facebook account of Nazzaitulhaida Mohd Ali calling on those interested in obtaining “Datuk” and “Datuk Seri” titles from Pahang to contact him and meet in Kuantan.
Police also seized a Huawei mobile phone and a SIM card to facilitate investigations, he said.
Wazir said the case was being investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 3(1) of the Pahang Emblems, Titles or Awards (Prevention of Improper Use) Enactment 2017.
Prior to this, police detained three people, including a 60-year-old “Datin”, in three raids in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month and in Melaka last Thursday, for their alleged involvement in the activity.
They had allegedly advertised the sale of “Datuk” and “Datuk Seri” titles, ranging from RM180,000 to RM400,000, on social media.