Internal Trade Dept protects consumers by taking legal actions against unjust traders

The Department of Internal Trade has revealed that 13 traders have been prosecuted last month as they exploited the consumers. The officials are now keeping a close eye on the traders during this economic rift.

Mr. Siripol Yodmuangcharoen, the Internal Trade Department Director-General, said officials have inspected business operators since last month, with an aim to suppress them from taking advantages of consumers. So far, 13 cases have been prosecuted, and they have been fined 22,200 baht in total. In Bangkok, prices of 4,387 consumer items have been inspected, and four traders have been found to violate the regulation. They have been fined 7,400 baht in total.

Mr. Siripol said further that people have issued complaints on the prices of 21,065 products selling outside Bangkok, and legal actions have been taken on seven traders, with a total fine of 9,800 baht.

Source: Thaisnews - ประจำวันจันทร์ที่ 26 มิถุนายน 2549

The fines are ridiculous! How much profit have they made many times over to easily cover those fines?

The fines are ridiculous! How much profit have they made many times over to easily cover those fines?

Yes it must be (again, or i should say as usual) a bad translation !

Legal action against 7 traders = total 9800 THB fine = 1400 THB per trader?

No idea. Fines are often ridiculous, same goes for the translations. A foreigner who was arrested recently in Pattaya was fined 400 baht for impersonating a policeman or volunteer poiceman... Less than what he had paid for the handcuffs and belt with accessories.

One of the Suwanarbhumi airport runways was once quoted as being 32 centimeters long (one foot).

Internal Trade Dept protects consumers by taking legal actions against unjust traders

The Department of Internal Trade has revealed that 13 traders have been prosecuted last month as they exploited the consumers. The officials are now keeping a close eye on the traders during this economic rift.

Mr. Siripol Yodmuangcharoen, the Internal Trade Department Director-General, said officials have inspected business operators since last month, with an aim to suppress them from taking advantages of consumers. So far, 13 cases have been prosecuted, and they have been fined 22,200 baht in total. In Bangkok, prices of 4,387 consumer items have been inspected, and four traders have been found to violate the regulation. They have been fined 7,400 baht in total.

Mr. Siripol said further that people have issued complaints on the prices of 21,065 products selling outside Bangkok, and legal actions have been taken on seven traders, with a total fine of 9,800 baht.

Source: Thaisnews - ประจำวันจันทร์ที่ 26 มิถุนายน 2549

Is there more to this story? When is a trader considered "unjust"? What products were being sold at the unjust prices?

This is a lame article. Has no value whatsoever.

Also, is LOS in an economic rift? Last I heard (err, read) was that LOS could find itself in one. I guess now it is official.