Thai authorities arrested a Chinese physician for selling natural medication in Thailand with no allow and seized 60,000 herbal medication tablets and pharmaceutical machines.
The Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released details of the Chinese doctor’s arrest during a press convention yesterday. The forty five 12 months old physician, Lijun Cheung, reportedly operated a clinic and retailer within the Prawet district of Bangkok underneath the name Doctor Thian Chinese Medicine.
CPPD Commander Anan Nanasombat explained that officers found a Facebook page for the shop that exaggerated the advantages of herbal medication.
The page claimed that natural medication could deal with a number of signs corresponding to insomnia, migraine, chronic acid reflux (GERD), constipation, office syndrome, backache, and more. Additionally, the herbs may additionally nourish the liver and enhance homeostatic skills.
The Facebook web page additionally posted footage and movies of when Dr Lijun joined several television reveals in Thailand to make the shop extra dependable.
However, upon further investigation, officers discovered that the doctor did not have a permit to promote the medicine from the Thai FDA so, raided the shop within the Prawet district of Bangkok.
Officers arrested Dr Lijun at the retailer and seized his medicine and instruments as evidence together with 60,000 herbal drugs tablets, seven hundred bags of liquid natural medication, and pharmaceutical machines.
Dr Lijun disclosed that he studied traditional Chinese medication (TCM) in China and purchased a license in TCM follow in Thailand. He had information of the herbs and decided to supply the drugs and bought them with out permission for over a 12 months.
Dr Lijun was charged with violating Section 58(4) of the Herbal Products Act by manufacturing and selling herbal products with an unregistered recipe. The penalty might be imprisonment for up to one year, a fine of up to 100,000 baht, or both.
In associated news, on Monday, April 24, six Chinese men were arrested for selling faux gold to Thai folks. The officers confiscated 179 pieces of pretend gold, 10 fake gold statutes, eight gold sheets, 24 ATM cards, 12 cell phones, and a piercing noticed at their luxury lodge in the Ratchada space of Bangkok.
The gang denied the allegation however revealed that they had been former members of the rip-off name centre gang in Indonesia earlier than shifting to Thailand to set up their criminal gang. Genuine revealed that extra members of the gang were nonetheless at giant and that they would conduct further investigations to crack down on the entire community..