Twist in case of girl’s arrest over krathong character

By The Nation

 

 

After the picture of a 15-year-old girl from Nakhon Ratchasima province selling krathongs with the shapes of popular Japanese characters was shared on social media, men claiming to be copyright agents in Thailand made a buy then got the girl arrested by police and ordered her to pay a Bt50,000 fine. 

 

However, the event quickly became an Internet sensation after TAC Consumer – the authorised agent of San-X, a Japanese stationery company known for creating and marketing cute characters such as Rilakkuma in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar – stated that the company hadn’t appealed or complained to any copyright agents or police to arrest anyone. 

 

The company said it was consulting with its legal team to discover the truth behind the whole ruckus and bring to justice the persons responsible. They emphasised that the company would continue to run its business with fairness, transparency and under the rightful principal of preserving its sustainability.

 

Deputy permanent secretary for Justice Tawatchai Thaikyo published a message on his Facebook page saying that the adolescent was only trying to help her family, and the demand for her to pay a fine of Bt50,000 was an inappropriate approach, which could cause the girl trauma.

 

The process should begin with a warning and then the case should be taken up as corporate social responsibility to encourage children to behave and move in the right direction, he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378089

 

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This was a clear case of entrapment, which the Thai Supreme Court has already ruled illegal in similar cases. The fact that the company holding the copyright has denied they even knew about the complaint, leads me to believe this was not simply ignorance by copyright agents who should have known better, but instead a despicable attempt at extortion by a group that was well aware their sting was illegal.

 

I think there needs to be a serious investigation of the compliance officers and agents behind this. The victim here was the girl. She doesn't deserve a warning. She deserves an apology. And the group who extorted the 5000 baht from the family need to be prosecuted.

 

1 hour ago, Monomial said:

This was a clear case of entrapment, which the Thai Supreme Court has already ruled illegal in similar cases. The fact that the company holding the copyright has denied they even knew about the complaint, leads me to believe this was not simply ignorance by copyright agents who should have known better, but instead a despicable attempt at extortion by a group that was well aware their sting was illegal.

 

I think there needs to be a serious investigation of the compliance officers and agents behind this. The victim here was the girl. She doesn't deserve a warning. She deserves an apology. And the group who extorted the 5000 baht from the family need to be prosecuted.

 

Bt50,000

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, the event quickly became an Internet sensation after TAC Consumer – the authorised agent of San-X, a Japanese stationery company known for creating and marketing cute characters such as Rilakkuma in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar – stated that the company hadn’t appealed or complained to any copyright agents or police to arrest anyone. 

The Japanese company did not make a complaint - formal complaint. Gee you wonder who took it upon themselves to make some money?!    . This looks like the moment for Deputy permanent secretary for Justice Tawatchai Thaikyo, to swoop in, make some arrests and levy 50,000 Baht to get out of jail for this miscarriage, attempted extortion. 

 

Go, Deputy permanent secretary for Justice Tawatchai Thaikyo, Go!

 

 

 

 

 

14 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Bt50,000

No, Monomial is right, according to the Bangkok Post report the family eventually only paid 5000 after negotiations.

 

Still a disgrace, unless there is more to this story.

12 minutes ago, Amplish said:

No, Monomial is right, according to the Bangkok Post report the family eventually only paid 5000 after negotiations.

 

Still a disgrace, unless there is more to this story.

Ok, thanks! Missed that. Sorry @Monomial

Apparently , this copyright gang has extorted money from around 100 people in the Korat area , using the same method of entrapment.

Now that it has been exposed by social media the police are coming

under increasing pressure to find out who is behind it. 

 

Hope the scumbags don't get away with it.

When the story broke , it stated that it was the copyright police who were operating the sting , not some gang .

 

However, the event quickly became an Internet sensation after TAC Consumer – the authorised agent of San-X, a Japanese stationery company known for creating and marketing cute characters such as Rilakkuma in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar – stated that the company hadn’t appealed or complained to any copyright agents or police to arrest anyone. 

 

Thank goodness. The RTP can continue to use their 'Hello Kitty' armbands without fear of prosecution.????

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the adolescent was only trying to help her family

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an adolescent as any person between ages 10 and 19.

In Thailand any person under the age of 20, unless married, is a minor.
Using "minor" in this story instead of "adolescent" would lend further impetus to the 15-year old girl's innocence.

 

There are more coming forward regarding these illegal stings.  2 more women have reported that they were caught in the same scam.  One was asked for 70,000 negotiated down to 30,000 and another who negotiated her fine down to 10,000.

 

These corrupt police need to be made an example of.