Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement (BPI) has denied reports that compensation payments to victims in the Doc-1 Max syrup case have been stopped and said efforts to recover the remaining damages are continuing. The BPI reported this.
According to court enforcement documents, damages totalling 78 billion soums are being recovered from debtor S. Kariyev and other individuals in favour of 85 citizens.
Information had previously circulated on social media claiming that payments to victims had been stopped. The BPI said enforcement measures to recover the funds are continuing.
As part of the enforcement proceedings, property belonging to S. Kariyev was seized, including residential buildings in Tashkent’s Chilanzar district and a non-residential building on Furkat Street in the Beshyogoch mahalla. The properties were put up for online auction.
The non-residential building on Furkat Street was sold for 793 million soums. The auction of the residential buildings in Chilanzar district, which have been valued at 7.1 billion soums, is continuing.
According to the BPI, a total of 16.7 billion soums has been transferred to claimants from funds raised through the auction sale, as well as money paid by members of S. Kariyev’s family.
The funds were distributed among the claimants in equal shares.
As a result, 61.3 billion soums in damages remains to be recovered. The BPI continues compulsory enforcement proceedings against S. Kariyev and other individuals to recover the outstanding amount.
Earlier, in the Doc-1 Max syrup case, in which consumption of the medicine resulted in the deaths of 68 children, the head of the organization that imported the medicine into Uzbekistan and the former head of the Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry were sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
