Kota Kinabalu: A Sabah businessman, accused of offering a scam Covid-19 vaccine donation to the government in 2021 due to a mistype of his HongKong-based company’s name as the donor was cleared of the allegation by a letter from the Attorney-General’s Chamber (AGC) in May.
KOTA KINABALU: The past two years have been an absolute nightmare for businessman Yong Chee Kong after he was accused of being a scammer for offering to donate vaccine doses to the government in 2021.
KOTA KINABALU (Aug 1): The baseless and defamatory accusations against businessman Yong Chee Kong who wanted to donate the Sinovac vaccine two years ago have been proven false.
Yong breathed a sigh of relief when in May this year, he received a letter from the Attorney-General’s Chambers stating
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 05:01 AM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
Health workers pose for pictures after receiving the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital in Shah Alam May 25, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 The delayed delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to Malaysia, allegedly due to hoarding by the world’s richest nations, has prompted some state governments to try and secure their own supply independently of the federal administration.
States such as Sarawak, Penang and Selangor have pressed Putrajaya to allow them to buy or accept donated vaccines to complement the National Immunisation Programme (NIP).
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 05:42 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin had previously claimed the Penang government had fallen for a scam after a man named Yong Chee Kong had offered to sponsor two million Sinovac vaccine doses to the Pakatan Harapan-led state. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 The direct supply of Covid-19 vaccines to states by interested sponsors does not have to go through the federal government, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today.
He clarified that vaccine supplies through Putrajaya is just one of the options available, and that state governments could source their own as long as they are approved by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA).