Bogus military medical bodies sell fake drugs
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-28 10:11 China's armed forces health
department on Thursday published a list of 16 bogus military medical
institutions advertising fake drugs, in the latest attempt to crack down on
drugs fraud.
"These bogus military institutions advertised fake drugs in newspapers,
magazines and on websites, posing a serious threat to public health and to the
image of the People's Liberation Army," said the Health Department of the PLA
general Logistics Department.
Military medical institutions were prohibited from advertising any drugs by
law. "All drugs ads in the name of military institutions are fraudulent," the
department said.
The military health department and State Post Bureau have jointly issued an
order banning military medical institutions setting up post boxes in order to
block channels for mail-order fake drugs.
In May, seven people forging subscriptions, seals, receipts and drug labels
purporting to come from military medical institutions were seized in Beijing.
Fake drugs worth of 150,000 yuan (18,750 U.S. dollars) were confiscated in the
largest such case of fraud yet.
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