Nonthaburi, May 18-Deputy Director General of the Department of Internal Trade seriously arrested Vietnamese traders in the fresh market for cheating durian weighing machines to take advantage of consumers. Send legal proceedings. During 2022 - present, there are a total of 585 offenders, ready to pull DIT volunteer inspectors join in the inspection of carpet weighing scales to build consumer confidence.
Second Lieutenant Chakra Yodmanee, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade, revealed that yesterday (May 17), Mr. Charan Saengthong, director of the small scale group. Weights and Measures Division Along with bringing the staff of the weights and measures inspector Have checked the peddler selling durian In Bang Yai district, Bang Yai district, Nonthaburi province, found that the certification mark (garuda) attached to the spring scale of a durian seller was destroyed. When the Weights and Measures Inspector brought a standard weight of 4 kilograms to test the scale. It appears that the scale shows a weight of 4.5 kilograms, more than 0. 5 kg. From checking the scale, it was found that the scale spring had been modified to show more weight than it actually was. The Weights and Measures Inspector therefore arrested the owner of the scale. who is a Vietnamese merchant along with accusations of using scales to trade and barter goods with others act in any way In order to make the precision of the scales exceed the contingency rate under section 26 as a user or intended to use the scales that are miscalculated for commercial advantage. Such actions are offenses under Section 25 paragraphs 1,26,70,75/1,76(2),80(3) and Section 79 of the Weights and Measures Act B.E. 2542 and its amendments. There is a maximum penalty of imprisonment for not more than 7 years, a fine of not more than 280,000 baht, or both. And it is an offense under Section 270 of the Criminal Code, punishable by imprisonment of not more than 3 years, a fine of not more than 60,000 baht, or both.
The accused was brought along with the intermediate items. Sent investigators at Bang Yai Police Station to continue investigations and cases according to legal procedures. This year, fruit products Including durian, there is a good price. Monthong durian costs about 150 baht per kilogram. If the scale shows a value that is 0.5 kilograms higher than it actually is, it means that the buyer has been cheated by 75 baht. This is just one time. If you do this many times several days in a row The higher the damage value, the more action in this manner is considered to take advantage of the buyer or consumer. Department of Internal Trade will be taken decisively In which the culprit in this case is a peddler who set up a distribution point in the Bang Yai area, where the department has asked for cooperation from market administrators and DIT patrol volunteers stationed in the market to help strictly monitor and inspect the scales in the market. If it is found that anyone intends to cheat the scale Asked to cancel the lease or not agree to return to sell products in the market again.
However, people shopping in the market are advised to observe whether the scale starts at 0 (zero) and whether the scale has the Internal Trade Department annual audit sticker. However, in markets with central scales, they can bring their purchased products to be weighed at the market's central scales to check the accuracy of the product weight. If you find that the weight is not complete as agreed to buy, you can inform the hotline 1569 or line @ MR.DIT.
Mr. Chatri Areewong, director of the Weights and Measures Division, gave information that between 2022 and the present, there are arrest statistics according to the Weights and Measures Act B.E. 2542 and the amendments as follows:
During 2022 – present, there were a total of 585 offenders, with a total of 22 cases being reported for prosecution, a total of 541 fines, and a total of 22 cases of seizure/destroying/binding of cards. 20 cases, 13 cases modified scales, 15 cases of deteriorated scales, 438 cases of non-certified scales, and 1 case of inaccurate flour metering.
In addition, the prosecution of only the fresh market during 2022 – at present, there are a total of 14 offenders, by comparison, a total of 4 fines and a total of 10 cases of seizure, destruction and binding of cards. 5 cases that are not certified
Department of Internal Trade would like to clarify to the public that in terms of quantity and product price Especially products that affect the well-being of the people. The Department of Internal Trade will take full care of this matter. .-
Source: Thai News Agency