Counterfeit Movies and Music Seized by Police at Border Market

[Jacob Maslow]

Four Cambodian woman were detained and over 34,000 pirated CDs, VCDs and DVDs of music taken from four vending booths at a border marketplace in Surin province on Thursday, said authorities.

A total of 34,243 pirated music and film discs were seized from four booths and four Cambodian sellers arrested at the scene. Some of the counterfeit movies were pornographic, authorities said.

The four female sellers - identified as Da Wan, 33, Mom Ing, 27, Supa Suen, 20 and Walee Dee, 20 - told police that they were merely workers and the booths and pirated goods belonged to dealers in Cambodia.

The defendants were initially charged with making pirated discs in breach of the copyright law and were handed over to Kap Choeng authorities for legal action.

Pol Maj Gen Karnchapot Chaisiricharnpana, leader of Surin authorities, said sellers sold pirated goods openly at the marketplace without any fear of police. The booths sold pirated discs cheaply, 3-5 cds for just 100 baht, he said.

They'd crossed the border to the marketplace in the morning and returned to Cambodia in the evening and received a salary of 200 baht per day.

He said measures should be tightened to control migrant workers selling goods in Thailand.

-- 2015-03-12

[FangFerang]

What idiots. Only Thais are allowed to sell counterfeit merchandise in Thailand.

[Srikcir]

Obviously, the problem begins in Cambodia where the pirated goods either are made or serves as a distribution for pirated goods coming in from other countries such as China. Maybe with the initiation of the ASEA Community law enforcement can be better coordinated across borders. Just arresting street vendors, whether they be Thai or foreigners, is nothing but public propoganda and a wasted effort of law enforcement resources.

[Lupatria]

That would hardly send any shivers to the backs of Bangkok's Sukhumvit vendors

[h90]

They aren't pirated.....

"Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator (e.g. one passenger stealing from others on the same vessel). The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents."

No one was robbed, murdered or raped.

that are unlicensed copies. The word piracy was made to let it sound more evil......Why not murderterroristrapenazied movies?

[NickJ]

Maybe one had an eye patch.

[khwaibah]

Everything in that market is a copy..

[tso310]

Always get my watches there. Official factory outlet for Tag Heuer, Omega and Rolex I believe.

[casindonet]

No worries, business as usual tomorrow. It never ends if only the sellers are caught.

[LuckyLew]

guess a few thai sellers god mad at them for under cutting their prices and ratted them out

[tlcwaterfall]

Everything in that market is a copy..

Even the people that work there? They look a bit robotic to me at times.

[Ulic]

I get all my movies at TukCom in the highly reputable shops there.