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Posted on 12/10/2009 6:14:18 PM PST by cold start
BEIJING: Six Chinese traders who exported fake anti-malaria drugs to Nigeria under the "Made in India" label have been sentenced to death, the ministry of commerce in Beijing has said. But the ministry gave no further details about the identity of the traders.
The issue became a major controversy last June when Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it had seized a large consignment of spurious anti-malaria drugs worth $210,000. The drugs came from China and were distributed in Nigeria tagged "Made in India".
The Chinese government apologized to Nigeria and promised a thorough investigation and punishment of those involved. But Chinese officials insisted India should share responsibility, as some Indians have also been found exporting fake drugs to Nigeria.
Officials of the Indian Commerce Ministry said they had had received complaints about Chinese firms offloading counterfeit drugs as Indian products in South Africa, Ghana, Ivory Coast and other African countries.
Media reports quoted Paul Orhii, Director-General of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, describing the action as a case of “tremendous progress” in the campaign against fake and counterfeit drugs.
"Those people in China are facing death penalty. The India parliament also passed a law for manufacturing of counterfeit drugs. It will be difficult for Nigerian drug traffickers to go to India. In China, it is even worst the counterfeiter will be facing death penalty,” he was quoted as saying at a conference in his country.
Between 2001 and 2007, the Nigerian government banned about 30 Indian and Chinese pharmaceutical companies for exporting fake drugs. But sections of the Indian industry claimed they have suffered loss of reputation because of malpractices of Chinese exporters using the “Made in India” label to cover up their misdeeds.
Yo’ time is up!
I wonder if the US would mete out the same penalty for a bogus “Made in America” tag...
I daresay we could borrow this element of jurisprudence from the ChiComs and apply it to our banksters for the fraud they are perpetrating on the US people.
Nigerians got scammed? Awesome!
Would like to see this for the investment scams that took place in this country....imagine seeing a few brokers executed. No that’s justice!!!!
Would like to see this for the investment scams that took place in this country....imagine seeing a few brokers executed. No that’s justice!!!!
Made in China, exported to Nigeria, with phony “Made in India” tags. Yes, those sound like quality pharmaceuticals.
yo! where can i get some??
this is one of the funniest articles i have read about Chinese fakes,fakery, etc.... these chi-coms will go to any length won’t they???
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