Chumphon, Poof! Bought 2 durians from a roadside stand, weighing 16 kg, hoping to give them to my mother to eat. But when going to use the transportation company The actual weight was only 11 kg. Report the raid to the authorities and arrest. The maximum penalty is 7 years in prison and a fine of 280,000 baht.
Agent masquerading as a customer to go buy durian at a roadside shop on Asia 41 Road (upward Bangkok) in Khan Ngoen Subdistrict, Lang Suan District, Chumphon Province, because someone had complained through Come to the Department of Internal Trade He stated that he had come to buy durian from this store because he saw that it was cheap. Each kilogram was only 100 baht, so I decided to buy 2. The store weighed 16.4 kilograms, equivalent to 1,640 baht. At first I didn’t mind anything. But when I sent the durian to my mother, the shipping company weighed the water and it was found to be only 11.68 kilograms, which did not match the scale at the durian shop. This is the reason why the Department of Intern
al Trade Disguise yourself as a customer to inspect
It was found that this vendor used black Scotch tape to cover the digital scale. The part that shows the weight and the price per unit Will show only the part that is the total price. Suppose a customer places 1 kg of durian on the scale, the seller will set the price at around 1.3 baht. When multiplied by 1 kg, it will be the price that the customer must pay. If the customer doesn’t notice, they will think that the number they see on the scale is the weight of the durian. It will be multiplied by the durian price by another 100 baht, which is a technique of the seller that causes confusion among customers. before being detained at the police station for legal action
In addition, the head of the Chumphon Temple Weights and Measures branch office revealed that an investigation found that durian traders had a habit of cheating on scales as complained about. which will be punished accordingly Section 70 of the Weights and Measures Act of 1999 uses scales that
do not have a certification mark, Section 79 uses scales that do not have the required margin, and Section 75/1 involves modifications to scales. Including Section 271 of the Criminal Law, selling goods by defrauding the public, the maximum penalty is 7 years in prison and a fine of 280,000 hundred thousand baht.
Source: Thai News Agency