New Machines to Test for Fake Medicine

The Ministry of Interior’s Counter Counterfeit Committee received two state-of-the art machines yesterday from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in an effort to reduce the circulation of fake medicine in the Kingdom. The machines will be placed at the ministry and used to investigate if suspect medicine is real.
 

Miech Sophanna, an undersecretary of state at the ministry and head of the committee, said the machines would help law enforcement officers easily check for fake products. “The receipt of two modern machines to check fake medicine today truly benefits the Ministry of Interior as well as relevant ministries within the framework of the Counter Counterfeit Committee for training law enforcement officials in testing medicine quality,” he said.
 

“The government as well as the Ministry of Interior pays close attention to the prevention, containment and crackdown of the circulation of fake products, including fake medicine. That’s why UNOPS gave the two diagnostic machines as per the committee’s request.” In its operations against counterfeit products to date, some clinics have been shut down and tons of fake drugs have been destroyed. Often the owners of the products fled to avoid punishment.

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