China News Service, April 8. According to the "Hong Kong Commercial Daily" report, the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption today (8th) charged a nurse who worked in a community vaccination center and four people from two families. Suspected of conspiring to falsify vaccination records by pretending to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the center.
The five defendants were granted bail by the ICAC and will plead in Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts on the 12th.
After receiving a corruption complaint earlier, the ICAC launched an investigation. After completing the investigation, it sought legal advice from the Department of Justice of the SAR Government. According to the relevant legal advice, five persons were charged with two counts of conspiracy to forge, in violation of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendants, He, a registered nurse, and Liao and his mother, Xiao, were charged with one count of conspiracy to forge.
He and two sisters from another family, Zheng (30) and Zheng (25), were charged with one count of conspiracy to forge.
The case occurred from January to the end of February.
At the time of the incident, He was assigned to the above-mentioned community vaccination center and worked as a part-time vaccination nurse during one of the vaccination periods.
From February 24, people aged 12 or above in Hong Kong will be required to be vaccinated before entering or staying in specified premises unless exempted.
On February 20, 4 days before the full implementation of the "Vaccine Pass", Liao, Xiao and Zheng's sisters went to the above-mentioned community vaccination center and visited He's vaccination room.
Although they were not vaccinated, they were issued vaccination records.
One of the charges alleges that He, Liao and Xiao were suspected of conspiring to produce vaccination records of Liao and Xiao with the intent that they would use the records to induce the person in charge who asked them to display the records in order to enter the relevant venues, Accept the record as true.
Another charge alleges that Ho and the Cheng sisters conspired to create records of the two sisters' Covid-19 vaccinations for similar purposes.
An ICAC spokesman pointed out that in response to the SAR government's call for a concerted fight against the epidemic, vaccination is a civic responsibility.
Citizens should never obtain false vaccination records by illegal means.
Forgery is a serious offence punishable by imprisonment for 14 years upon conviction.