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Online buttocks-whitening cream seller charged

A photo from the page of Facebook user Nitthakarn Nunthasuteepat posted on Jan 10, with a message reading that such a white bottom deserved to be shown and the whitening cream she used should be in all girls' cabinets.
A photo from the page of Facebook user Nitthakarn Nunthasuteepat posted on Jan 10, with a message reading that such a white bottom deserved to be shown and the whitening cream she used should be in all girls' cabinets.

A woman who showed her bottom while promoting a buttocks-whitening cream online has been charged with mislabeling by consumer protection police.

Nitthakarn Nunthasuteepat, of Nonthaburi province, was summonsed to the sub-division 4 office of the Consumer Protection Police Division in Lak Si district, Bangkok, for questioning.

On Thursday, two lawyers asked police to take action after noticing that she'd showed her bottom while promoting her whitener on a Facebook page

Pol Col Chanannat Santhawanpat, chief of the 4th consumer protection sub-division, said police initially charged her with mislabeling because the product's container had insufficient details and could be misleading.

He said she would be allowed bail because she did not intend to flee.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will also be asked to check if the cream contains any hazardous substance, he said.

Meanwhile, technology crime suppression police will look into whether she should be charged with uploading a pornographic picture.

Miss Nitthakarn said she uses the social media to introduce products and their properties and boost sales. She had been doing so for more than a year now.

She denied she intended to be provocative, saying she had already consulted her lawyer and she did not show her more intimate parts. She also insisted her products already have FDA licences.

She asked society to be understanding, because she was a single mother trying to take care of herself, her young daughter and her mother.

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Vocabulary

  • bail: money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps the money  - เงินประกัน; การประกันตัว
  • boost: to increase; to strengthen - เพิ่ม; ทำให้มีกำลังมากขึ้น
  • flee: to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger - หนี อพยพ
  • hazardous: dangerous, especially to people’s health or safety - ที่เป็นอันตราย
  • insufficient: not enough -
  • intimate (adj): private and personal, often in a sexual way - ส่วนตัว (ทางเพศ), ที่เป็นส่วนตัว
  • misleading (adj): making someone believe something that is incorrect or not true - ชักนำไปในทางที่ผิด
  • property: a quality or feature of something - คุณสมบัติ, ลักษณะประจำของสาร
  • provocative (adj): intended to make people excited or to pay attention - ซึ่งแหย่,ซึ่งปลุกปั่น
  • summons (verb): to officially order someone to come to a place - เรียกตัว
  • suppression: stopping an activity from happening, in this case, criminal activity  - การปราบปราม
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