KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today assured that it will investigate every alleged "empty syringe" case.
CID director Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan said police have received numerous questions and complaints regarding the matter following a statement issued on July 23.
"We want to stress that if a vaccine recipient is sceptical or that he/she was vaccinated with an empty syringe, they can lodge a police report at the nearest police station.
"CID will open an inquiry paper to look into the complaint," he said in a statement today.
Yesterday in a statement, Abd Jalil said police have launched investigations into 13 reports related to individuals getting jabbed with "empty syringes" at vaccination centres.
He said seven such cases were reported in Kuala Lumpur, three in Selangor, and one each in Kedah, Perak and Melaka.
He also suggested vaccine recipients who were worried that they were given an empty syringe to go for a Covid Neutralising Antibody Test at a licenced medical laboratory 30 days after they completed their second dose.
Meanwhile, on fake vaccine offers and vaccine sales scam, he said reports could be made to the Commercial CID that was responsible for such cases.
"Such cases are being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating."
On Thursday, Federal police CCID director Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said 38 reports have been lodged on Covid-19 vaccine sales scam so far, with losses amounting to RM54,500.
He said police had also detected a syndicate whose members posed as Health Ministry officials and contacted victims via Facebook before accusing them of perpetuating online vaccine sales.
The victims were then deceived into transferring money to an account to prevent further action against them.