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In a first, Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged a Chinese businessman accused of selling more than 4,000 litres of fake alcohol in the capital amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the Kingdom. Major Nuon Rithy, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Prevention Office, identified the accused as Li Wamin, 53, the owner of a company which deals with the distribution of imported alcohol and sanitisers. Li was charged with “selling and distributing prohibited and counterfeit alcohol, methanol and other unregistered items” under the Law on Combating Counterfeit Medicines. If convicted, he faces between six months and two years in prison. The motion marks the first time a seller has been officially charged for selling counterfeit alcohol since the pandemic began, said Maj Rithy. |
