Police to engage MOH in investigating illegal sale of Covid-19 vaccine
Police will rope in the Health Ministry to assist in their investigation into an alleged illegal selling of Covid-19 vaccines in Klang, said Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed.
He said it is a standard procedure in police investigation to engage all the relevant agencies should their assistance be needed.
"Investigation is still ongoing. And it is normal procedure...
Police will rope in the Health Ministry to assist in their investigation into an alleged illegal selling of Covid-19 vaccines in Klang, said Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed.
He said it is a standard procedure in police investigation to engage all the relevant agencies should their assistance be needed.
"Investigation is still ongoing. And it is normal procedure in any investigation to get the report from all the relevant agencies including the MOH," Arjunaidi (above) said this morning.
Malaysiakini contacted the police chief for comments on the recent bust, where they nabbed three individuals including two doctors suspected to have sold vaccines illegally.
It was learnt that the syndicate had administered the vaccine to a group of factory workers in Klang some two months ago.
However, police have yet to be able to determine if the substance they injected into the workers was indeed real Covid-19 vaccine or something else.
Under police purview
The Health Ministry in a statement to Malaysiakini yesterday stated that it is ready to cooperate with police investigators if needed.
Its Pharmacy Enforcement Division, however, declined to comment on the case as it is now under the police.
"Pharmacy Enforcement Division cannot give any further comments on the allegation that doctors were held due to suspicion of selling Covid-19 vaccine illegally, as published by Malaysiakini, because the case is now under the purview of the police.
"As reported, the case is now being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code," the statement said.
It also stressed that Malaysia has laws that govern the importing and distribution of medicinal products in the country, which also include Covid-19 vaccines.
These include Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984, and Poisons Act 1952, which require medicines to be registered and licensed, so as to ensure that they are sourced from the proper channel and handled by qualified persons.
Last week, Malaysiakini reported that police have detained three individuals over suspicion of selling the vaccines illegally to a factory in Klang.
Sources had claimed that two of the individuals suspected in the case are doctors.
The alleged activity was uncovered earlier this month when the factory sent its employees to get their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, only to learn that the Klang district health office had no record of their first injection.
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