KOTA KINABALU: The police have summoned a 58-year-old businessman who was allegedly involved in a vaccine donation offer to the Penang Government, to assist in the investigation.
It is believed that Yong Chee Kong, a businessman from Tawau made an offer to donate two million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Penang Government.
State Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali who confirmed the matter when contacted on Friday said, the individual involved was asked to give his statement and denied that the individual in question has been arrested.
\"Yes, we have confirmed that the individual in question has been called to IPK Sabah for his statement to be taken,” he said.
“He is willing to come and give his statement. He came on his own, and my officer records his statement.”
The businessman, who is believed to be linked to a company in Hong Kong, sparked controversy after allegedly offering a vaccine donation to the Penang government
However, National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar in a press conference, recently, revealed that the matter was not true.
Khairy claimed that the offer to donate two million doses of Sinovac vaccine to the Penang government was a scam.
