Indonesia airport scammers reused Covid nasal swab tests, police say

Five employees for major Indonesian pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma were arrested on April 27 for allegedly washing and repackaging rapid antigen nasal swab kits, and using them on passengers at the Kualanamu International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra.Indonesia requires all passengers to provide a negative coronavirus test before they board a domestic flight, and the company sells the test kits in Medan airport. The scam had been ongoing for about four months, police said.

Police found recycled cotton swabs, recycled packaging, and 149 million rupiah in cash during the raid which netted the five suspects. Passengers paid 200,000 rupiah for each antigen test swab. CNN has reached out to Kimia Farma for comment. According to the South China Morning Post, two lawyers who repeatedly flew through Medan airport in recent months plan to launch a collective civil suit against the company for damages of 1 billion rupiah for each affected passenger.

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Ohh my God!! What the heck is happening in this world !! A pandemic that has become a business opportunity!

OMG !!

Shit!!!

ew

Eww!! Gross!!

All that for a grand in someone’s pocket

I have to count

Reusing medical instruments is sometimes common in some countries.

entrepreneurs are assholes

Underdevelopment is the biggest symbol of corruption Once a country and its populace are corrupt they can't be developed This is man inhumanity to man

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