'Interview' promoting supplements is fake, says cardiologist


Prof Dr Chin Sze Piaw(middle) said that his likeliness was used in a fake interview article claiming that patients should stop taking certain blood pressure medication and switch to a particular supplement.

KUALA LUMPUR: An article containing an interview in which supplements are being promoted is in fact fake, says the medical researcher quoted in the piece.

Cardiologist Prof Dr Chin Sze Piaw said that he was informed of the matter on Sept 25 and filed a police report on the same day as he is concerned that this might lead to patients stopping their heart medication.

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