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Coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin says the offer by Hong Kong-based company to donate two million doses of Sinovac vaccines to Penang is a scam. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 19, 2021.
THE company that offered to donate two million doses of Sinovac vaccines to the Penang government is a bogus entity, said Khairy Jamaluddin.
The coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said he had investigated the offer by one Yong Chee Kong from Xintai Development Enterprise Ltd, a Hong Kong-based company.
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PETALING JAYA: The offer by a private company to sponsor two million doses of Sinovac vaccine to the Penang government is bogus, claims Khairy Jamaluddin.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister said he examined a copy of the letter received by Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow detailing the offer.
The letter, he said, was from a man a certain Yong Chee Kong who claimed to be a Malaysian working for Xintai Development Enterprise, which is allegedly based in Hong Kong.
The man claimed he was willing to pay a US$2mil deposit and had been in touch with Sinovac Biotech international sales head Coco Chang.
KUALA LUMPUR - Desperate to get their hands on Covid-19 vaccines, several Malaysian states have moved to procure their own supplies, much to the dismay of the federal government.
This comes as cases continue to soar in the country, with the number of daily infections hitting another record of 6,075 on Wednesday (May 19).
Coordinating Minister for Immunisation Khairy Jamaluddin on Wednesday said that one of the states, opposition-led Penang, had been duped by a bogus offer of a donation of vaccine doses from a private company, after the state government claimed that the federal authorities were blocking the donation. This offer is false. This is a scam. This is bogus, Mr Khairy said, brandishing a letter written by a Malaysian businessman based in Sabah, Mr Yong Chee Kong, addressed to Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow in February.