By DPA
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian police have detained an Indian man for masquerading as a doctor and treating patients as a substitute for the real physician on his off-days, reports said Monday.
The suspect, in his 30s, was believed to have entered the country legally as a technical expert for another company earlier this year but had been masquerading as a doctor instead, immigration chief Ishak Mohamed was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
The physician reportedly told immigration officers that he hired the Indian national to stand in for him on off-days and vacations, adding that the foreign worker was paid a fee of 25 ringgit (nearly $7.5) a day.
Ishak said the Indian man would be charged with abusing his work permit, while the doctor is liable to face charges for employing a foreigner without proper approval.