Chinese counterfeiters replace moutai with knock-off liquor through pinholes in bottles


Moutai, a colourless sorghum-based spirit, is known as the national liquor of China. - Reuters

SINGAPORE: It is sobering news for drinkers after newspapers reported that counterfeiters in China drilled pinholes in the bottles of moutai to refill them with knock-off liquor.

Moutai, a colourless sorghum-based spirit, is known as the national liquor of China.

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