Thai authorities arrested a Chinese doctor for promoting herbal medicine in Thailand with no allow and seized 60,000 natural drugs tablets and pharmaceutical machines.
Ultimate (CPPD) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched particulars of the Chinese doctor’s arrest throughout a press convention yesterday. The 45 12 months previous doctor, Lijun Cheung, reportedly operated a clinic and store within the Prawet district of Bangkok under the title Doctor Thian Chinese Medicine.
CPPD Commander Anan Nanasombat explained that officers discovered a Facebook web page for the store that exaggerated the benefits of natural medication.
The page claimed that herbal medication may treat several signs similar to insomnia, migraine, chronic acid reflux disorder (GERD), constipation, workplace syndrome, backache, and more. Additionally, the herbs may also nourish the liver and boost homeostatic abilities.
The Facebook page additionally posted photos and videos of when Dr Lijun joined several tv shows in Thailand to make the store more reliable.
However, upon additional investigation, officers found that the doctor didn’t have a permit to promote the medication from the Thai FDA so, raided the shop within the Prawet district of Bangkok.
Officers arrested Dr Lijun at the store and seized his medication and tools as proof together with 60,000 natural medication tablets, seven-hundred baggage of liquid natural medication, and pharmaceutical machines.
Dr Lijun disclosed that he studied conventional Chinese drugs (TCM) in China and acquired a license in TCM practice in Thailand. He had knowledge of the herbs and determined to supply the drugs and sold them without permission for over a year.
Dr Lijun was charged with violating Section 58(4) of the Herbal Products Act by manufacturing and promoting herbal merchandise with an unregistered recipe. The penalty will be imprisonment for as much as one year, a fantastic of as a lot as one hundred,000 baht, or both.
In associated information, on Monday, April 24, six Chinese males had been arrested for promoting faux gold to Thai people. The officers confiscated 179 pieces of faux gold, 10 fake gold statutes, eight gold sheets, 24 ATM playing cards, 12 cellphones, and a piercing saw at their luxury resort in the Ratchada area of Bangkok.
The gang denied the allegation however revealed that they were former members of the rip-off name centre gang in Indonesia earlier than shifting to Thailand to set up their criminal gang. The police revealed that more members of the gang have been still at giant and that they might conduct further investigations to crack down on the entire network..