A syndicate sold ineffective counterfeit Cerebrolysin, a stroke medication, on the mainland using packaging that mimicked Hong Kong's Health Care Pharmaceuticals (China) Ltd. The genuine manufacturer initiated a private investigation.
Lai Shu-lam, owner of Forest Offset Printing Co, was found guilty of contempt of court for failing to cooperate with the investigation and provide information about the syndicate. He was fined $30,000 or faced two weeks in jail.
Lai claimed a customer, Mr. Cheng, commissioned approximately 200,000 counterfeit packages. The court case aimed to identify further members of the criminal syndicate.
Stroke victims are being sold totally ineffective counterfeit medication on the mainland through a syndicate using Hong Kong packaging.
The genuine manufacturer of the intravenous drug Cerebrolysin, Health Care Pharmaceuticals (China) Ltd, instigated a private investigation that led to the conviction of Lai Shu-lam, whose Forest Offset Printing Co provided thousands of printed packages and instruction leaflets for the fake drug.
Lai was ordered yesterday to pay a $30,000 fine or face two weeks' jail for contempt of court by Mr Justice Wally Yeung Chun-kuen at the Court of First Instance.
The judge agreed Lai had failed to hand over stocks of the packages and documents which the manufacturers hoped would lead them to a mastermind in the syndicate.
Acting on a tip-off, Health Care Pharmaceuticals (China) Ltd obtained a court order against Lai in September ordering him to reveal the names of others involved and to hand over any counterfeit goods or documents relating to the drug's production.
Lai said a 'walk-in' customer called Mr Cheng had paid a deposit for about 200,000 packages and he had no idea how to contact him.
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