webfact Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Two Chinese shop owners arrested for knock-off shoes By Chalinee Thirasupa The Nation BANGKOK: -- Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers have arrested two Chinese suspects allegedly operating shops in Bangkok involved in the sale of pirated goods worth Bt20 million, DSI deputy director-general Pol Major Suriya Singhakamon told a press conference on Monday. The two suspects were identified as Hong Bin Lin, who reportedly owns Vivi Shoes, and Lin Shao, owner of Isod. Officers also seized 160,000 pairs of counterfeit shoes bearing the fake logos of Nike, Converse and Adidas, Suriya said. The sales value of the shoes totalled Bt20 million. Suriya also said officers had urged landlords to monitor the activities of their tenants to determine if they were breaking the law. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324428 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, webfact said: knock-off shoes Where I come from, knock off means stolen, not counterfeit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAIBKK Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 18 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: Where I come from, knock off means stolen, not counterfeit ! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=knock off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpjack Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 nice little earner for the cops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) If they mean Counterfeit/copy,They can arrest most stall operators on every market in Thailand and shops too. Edited August 22, 2017 by digger70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 In the photo i wonder if he is looking for his size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I appreciate the Thai government's crackdown on pirated/knockoff goods but such is only a symptom and not an overall solution. More needs to be done with the nations where such fake goods are manufactured and the best known nation is China. As an example: https://qz.com/771727/chinas-factories-in-shenzhen-can-copy-products-at-breakneck-speed-and-its-time-for-the-rest-of-the-world-to-get-over-it/ Thailand needs to address the issue directly with China where even now fake goods are beginning to appear for sale. There might be shared concern. But the problem for Prayut is that he has so closely entwined Thailand politically with China, there may be few diplomatic solutions. He might try the same approach as the US - improved trade balance. But I doubt China will be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianf Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Try the bicycle shops: Full of knock-off clothing and parts. Knock off cycle parts in particular are dangerous: I have seen wheels collapse, a frame break and in my case a seat post knowingly** sold to me by a cycling official who should know better. Very dangerous and Thailand is full of it. **known by him but not by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryasimight Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Perhaps if the trademark owners sold the genuine article at a reasonable price there would not be such a flourishing counterfeit industry. The likes of Nike etc get their manufacturing done in third world countries for a pittance and then sell at vastly inflated prices. Much the same as the movie studios - they hate pirated movies but there is some sense coming into the industry where you can download movies at a reasonable cost so there is no need to pirate them. The big losers will be the music industry where bands etc will sell direct to the public on line and cut out the corporate types altogether. More money for the band, less cost to the consumer. Win win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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