Both buyers and sellers of fake sick notes at fault

AROUND Dragon Boat Festival, there was a roaring trade in fake illness certificates. Beijing News commented on Monday:

Doctors' certificates are intended to be valid proof that a worker is ill and needs sick leave. They are a protection of the legitimate rights and interests of workers. In recent years, with the rapid development of e-commerce, online businesses have expanded into more areas, including the trade of "counterfeit" illness certificates.

The reasons why the selling of online "illness certificates" has flourished is the weak regulation and supervision of e-commerce and the lack of law enforcement. It is also a sign of degradation of social morals.