China sentenced a man for 5.5 years for expired vaccines trade

Beijing. February 22. Silkroadnews - A local court in Guanyun county, Jiangsu province, has sentenced Zong Renhong, an illegal vaccine trafficker, to five years and six months in prison, China Daily reported.
According to the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Zong also fined 300,000 yuan ($47,300).
The case of Zong Renhong is related to the scandal in Shandong Province in 2016. A criminal group sold improperly stored or expired vaccines amounting to tens of millions of yuan in 20 provincial regions.
More than 300 people were arrested and more than 170 officials fell under investigation.
The investigation into Zong’s case was taken under the control of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security.
The court found that between 2013 and 2016, Zong, who did not have a pharmaceutical education, in cooperation with several persons illegally bought and sold hepatitis B, varicella and rabies vaccines worth more than 870,000 yuan.
Zong pled guilty at the court and said that he would not file an appeal, the publication says.