3 police attacked by 30 vendors while inspecting product piracy at a Thai market

A group of 30 vendors attacked three officers from the Ang Thong Police Station while they were conducting a product piracy raid at a Thai market in the central province of Ang Thong on March 16. The police officers later filed a complaint about the assault while the vendors claimed they thought the officers were fake police.

The deputy inspector of the Ang Thong Police Station, Jakkapong Sisuwan, revealed that he and seven other officers raided a market in the Saladaeng subdistrict of Ang Thong after being notified that counterfeit goods were being sold there

During the raid, the investigating officers discovered several shops selling counterfeit phone cases. So, they seized the products as evidence and invited the vendors to the police station for further questioning and prosecution. One man became angry and gathered a group of men to attack the police...