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Sunderland midfielder and Switzerland international Granit Xhaka has admitted on his own Instagram account to forging his COVID-19 vaccination certificate. According to Swiss media reports, Xhaka had declared that he received his first dose in January 2022 and his second in November of that year, but it emerged that his actual second dose was administered on November 8 — three days earlier than declared. The Lucerne public prosecutor’s office is investigating him on suspicion of document forgery, and he could face criminal prosecution if found guilty. On 5channel, users raised questions about the case itself alongside a broader debate over the merits of vaccine policy.
Soccer King — Sep 21
Sunderland’s Switzerland international midfielder Granit Xhaka admitted on the 21st, via his official Instagram account, to forging his COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
Swiss outlet Blick reported that the Lucerne public prosecutor’s office in Switzerland is investigating Xhaka on suspicion of forging his COVID-19 vaccination certificate. The player was said to have received his first vaccine dose on January 25, 2022 and his second on November 11 of that year, but his actual second dose was administered on November 8, exposing a discrepancy in the record.
Source: soccer-king.jp / Original article here
What people said
Switzerland's a civil-law country, so unlike Japan it has a preliminary judicial inquiry. I think this just means that if the prosecutor's preliminary inquiry finds him guilty, it could go to full prosecution in court (rather than being settled with a summary order) — probably.
shortened to "Korochin" (a slangy mashup of korona + wakuchin)
is the most refreshingly honest way to handle it
Would they even compensate him for lost income if the vaccine caused problems?
Sounds like one of those "arrested on an unrelated charge" situations
Switzerland, Bosnia, Portugal, and so on~
Because of COVID my usual barber shop switched to appointment-only, so I stopped going — now I'm on year 5 of cutting my own hair
Seems like he was distrustful of the vaccine, but the fact is he did get both doses
the Swiss national team sure has a colorful cast
That's kind of shocking
Is that even a crime?
Guess he stuck to his principles
Background and Key Points of This Story
It’s worth noting that the investigation here isn’t about the rights or wrongs of vaccination itself, but suspected document forgery — falsifying the content of an official certificate. Xhaka is said to have actually received both doses, with only a 3-day discrepancy, but because Switzerland’s vaccination certificate system, introduced during the pandemic, was a requirement for travel and entry to venues, a false entry is treated as an issue affecting the credibility of the system itself. On the thread, questions about motive — “why did he need to shift the dates by a few days?” — got mixed together with a broader debate over vaccine policy itself, and the discussion often drifted from the actual substance of the case. It’s worth keeping these two threads separate when reading it.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Soccer] Switzerland international MF Xhaka admits to forging COVID vaccine certificate… could face criminal prosecution if found guilty.”
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