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Former Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong (R) at the Hanoi People's Court, May 19, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Danh Lam

 

Former deputy health minister Truong Quoc Cuong was sentenced to four years in jail for his involvement in a fake cancer drug scandal dating back to 2014.

 

The Hanoi People’s Court found Cuong guilty of "negligence that results in serious consequences" and sentenced him Thursday. The court also forbade him from holding positions in the field of medicine for three years after finishing his sentence.

 

Nguyen Minh Hung, former chairman of the management board of Vietnam Pharma JSC, received 18 more years in jail for "manufacturing and trading of counterfeit medicines for treatment or prevention of diseases." Combined with a previous jail sentence of 17 years, his has a cumulative sentence is 30 years, the maximum number of jail time for timed sentences in accordance with Vietnamese law.

 

Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/former-deputy-health-minister-gets-jail-in-fake-cancer-drug-scandal-4465636.html

 

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