Uzbekistan arrests top pharmacy official over child deaths blamed on cold syrup
- Written by TCA
TASHKENT — Uzbekistan's Anti-Corruption Agency said on February 10 that the chief of the State Pharmacy Agency, Sardor Kariev, and several of his subordinates have been arrested over the deaths of 20 children in December allegedly caused by a medicine imported from India, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported.