Militias impose royalties on pharmaceutical companies, threaten to close companies
English - Friday 03 May 2019 الساعة 05:27 pm
Sana'a – NewsYemen.net
Medical sources in the Capital Sana'a said the Houthi militias have imposed a new method on medical drug companies operating in the Capital Sana'a.
The new operation came aiming at imposing large royalties under the motto of al-Zakat.
Sources said to Newsyemen the Houthi militias asked all pharmaceutical companies, under their control, to provide all integrated records of customers, pharmacies, drug stores that buy medicines, quantities sold to them and the amounts they receive for these medicines, in order to determine the due of al-Zakat amounts.
The Houthi militias threatened to withdraw licenses from all pharmaceutical companies for their refusal to provide such information and stop their business under the pretext of evading payment of al-Zakat, according to the sources.
The sources pointed out the Houthi militias aim not only to collect royalties and money on pharmaceutical companies, but also to seek information about customers, distributions, quality and quantities of medicines imported and distributed in the local market.
The armed militias seek to benefit from pharmaceutical companies support that have recently opened as investment for the Houthi militias.
The sources pointed out the Houthi militias spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam, who is considered one of the largest traders of oil derivatives, entered the line of investments in the field of medicines and he runs import companies for medicines and medical supplies, mostly from Turkey.
He visited Turkey earlier, he concluded a number of commercial deals in importing Turkish medicines, which began to appear in pharmacies in the capital Sana'a and areas controlled by militias.
