Wednesday, 19 May 2021 03:13 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
NCIP Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaludin said that checks made with Sinovac showed there is no evidence to show that the company Xintai Development Enterprise had approached them to purchase the vaccines for Penang state. Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaludin today said that the donation of two million doses of Covid-19 Sinovac vaccines from a private company offered to the Penang state is bogus and untrue.
In a press conference, the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP) coordinating minister said that checks made with Sinovac showed there is no evidence to show that the company Xintai Development Enterprise had approached them to purchase the vaccines for Penang state.
KOTA KINABALU: The mysterious donor Yong Chee Kong has claimed that the Penang government came forward to take up his offer to donate two million doses of Sinovac vaccines.
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GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): Gerakan has urged Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow to lodge a police report against the individual who allegedly offered a donation of two million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses to Penang.
Penang Gerakan spokesman Mohd Aswaad Jaafar said it should be done immediately if Chow felt that he had been deceived by the individual, who identified himself as Yong Chee Kong, and who is allegedly the managing director of a Hong Kong-based company. We think he should lodge a police report to defend his reputation as Chief Minister, ” he told reporters after lodging a police report against the individual at the Timur Laut district police headquarters here on Thursday (May 20).