ALOR GAJAH: A woman has lodged a report against a restaurant worker after finding out he lied to her by posing as a policeman and failing to return money he borrowed from her.

       Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Arshad Abu said the 53-year-old woman, who works as a cleaner, had befriended the 30-year-old man through Facebook in July last year and he showed a fake police authority card and face mask with a “Polis Di-Raja Malaysia” logo to convince her.

       “We are still investigating the relationship of the two and whether the woman only made a police report after she was jilted by the suspect,” he said yesterday.

       The woman said she had lent the suspect money on several occasions, said Supt Arshad.

       “The woman claimed the suspect had failed to settle a loan of RM8,000 before she decided to lodge a police report at Masjid Tanah police station,” he added.

       Supt Arshad said his men, acting on the report lodged, intercepted the suspect at a junction in Masjid Tanah here before arresting him and confiscating several items including the face mask with the police logo.

       He said the suspect has been remanded to assist in the investigation under Section 170 of the Penal Code for pretending to be a public servant.