Health Ministry to probe claims of fake campaigns aimed at pushing health products to senior citizens

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PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry will carry out an immediate investigation of allegations that a fake blood screening campaign is trying to push health products on senior citizens.

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said the ministry would work with the police to track down the parties involved.

"Any campaign, if identified to be fake, must be immediately investigated and the appropriate action taken. Legal action is under the jurisdiction of the police. "We do not want the people, especially the elderly, to become victims and be deceived by such campaigns,” he told reporters at the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers' Aidilfitri open house at Seri Perdana here on Sunday .

Khairy was commenting on a special report by a local newspaper about the activities of direct sales agents who organised blood screening campaigns in the Klang Valley allegedly aimed at convincing the elderly to buy health supplements. – Bernama

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