The Perak government has left it fully to police to investigate the conferment of bogus 'state' awards and medals by unauthorised parties.

Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir is confident that the authority could investigate and solve the issue.

"We let police investigate the matter," he told reporters after visiting the family of Lin Hon Sing in Jelapang in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration today.

Zambry repeated his call for individuals who had received bogus awards with the titles of 'Datuk' and 'Datuk Seri' from unauthorised parties to not use the titles.

Last Monday, Perak acting police chief, Hasnan Hassan in a statement said police were tracking down individuals who received awards or medals from parties not authorised by the state government to assist in the investigation.

Hasnan also urged the persons duped by the conferment of the bogus awards to lodge a police report.

- Bernama