Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed said four men and three women were arrested after a raid on a clinic last Friday following an investigation into a WhatsApp message offering fake Covid-19 vaccine certificates.

At a press conference today, Arjunaidi said the clinic, which was operating for the past few months, was selling the fake vaccine certificates for RM500 each.

“Police raided a clinic in Selangor and confiscated computer equipment believed to have been used to enter patient data into the MySejahtera system,” he said.

“A search on the confiscated laptops found 5,601 patients had been registered as vaccination recipients in the MySejahtera system,” he said.

Arjunaidi said police are investigating the case under Section 269 of the Penal Code for a negligent act that could spread an infectious disease and Section 22 (d) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.

This comes after Terengganu police last week busted a ring believed to be selling fake vaccination certificates, with more than 1,900 such documents confiscated.

The Terengganu commercial crime department said they arrested a doctor at a private clinic in Marang. Six others were detained soon after.