As of February 10, Chinese officials have arrested 70 suspects in 21 cases, the most high-profile of which is undoubtedly the use of physiological saline to disguise vaccines. The suspects were reported to have gone online to find out about the real vaccine’s injection and packaging style, and then used a pre-filled syringe to inject physiological saline to create a fake New Crown vaccine, and to expand the scale, they even found three friends and relatives to assist in the crime, to the late stage of counterfeiting, due to insufficient physiological saline, the suspects even used mineral water instead of making fake vaccines.
According to a report today by the East Coast News, China’s super rip-off fake vaccines! Physiological saline ran out, and the suspects switched to adding mineral water to sell 58,000 sticks. The report quoted “Xinhua News Agency” news, China’s top prosecutor recently issued a document, requiring the national prosecutorial organs at all levels for crimes involving the new crown vaccine, actively cooperate with the public security organs to act quickly, found one, investigate and deal with one, timely arrest and prosecution according to law. And in four typical cases of crimes involving New Crown vaccines that have been exposed recently, some shocking details have been revealed, including the use of physiological saline to make fake vaccines and the collection of money to solicit customers to participate in emergency vaccinations.
In August 2020, two suspects surnamed Kong and Qiao had the idea of manufacturing fake New Crown vaccines and selling them for profit, after which they learned about the style of injections and packaging of genuine vaccines through the Internet, and used purchased pre-filled syringes to manufacture fake New Crown vaccines with physiological saline in hotel rooms and rented houses, the sources said. In order to expand the scale of counterfeiting, they also brought in three relatives and friends from their hometown, and at a later stage of counterfeiting, the suspects even used mineral water instead because there was not enough physiological saline. After the production was completed, the suspects sold the fake vaccines to the market under the pretext of “genuine New Crown vaccine obtained from internal channels.
The suspects were arrested in November 2020, and after investigation, the suspects manufactured and sold approximately 58,000 doses of the fake New Crown vaccine, making a profit of approximately RMB 18 million. Prosecutors ruled on December 25, 2020, to detain the suspects, including Kong and Qiao.
The report said that in addition to the flow of fake vaccines into the market, the uncovered cases also included unlawful elements selling them to the public at high prices, entrusting rural doctors to inoculate purchasers in their residences and cars; arranging for ineligible people to participate in emergency vaccination programs in hospitals at high prices, soliciting customers through external advertisements in WeChat groups, and falsifying vaccination certification documents; and even unlawful elements smuggling fake vaccines abroad.
The message did not mention whether the Epidemic and health consequences resulted from the injection of fake vaccines, as well as the other 20 cases of fake vaccines.
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