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March 03, 2021
Illustration of a needle injected into a bottle of vaccine with an army troop background.
The Nation/Asia News Network
Military commander General Chalermpol Srisawat has confirmed that a Thai Army doctor injected United Nations peacekeeping troops in South Sudan with water, claiming it was flu vaccine that can protect Covid-19. The medic injected 273 soldiers, charging each one Bt607(S$27) for the fake vaccination.
A soldier became suspicious after noticing that the bottles used in the scam were unlabelled. He alerted his superiors, who found that the bottles contained plain water.
The UN medical representative asked Thai Army officials to send the doctor back to Thailand and also help prevent such incidents from occurring again.