The issue caught public attention after a Facebook user on Wednesday posted a photo claiming she had been short-changed at a PTT station in Samut Sakhon’s Krathum Ban district. The photo shows a two-litre bottle used to get fuel. The woman said she paid for 1.8 litres of fuel, but the bottle was only half full.
After the post went viral, PTT Plc issued a statement admitting that the pump’s check valve had malfunctioned, resulting in some of the fuel flowing back into the pump.
DIT deputy director-general Jakkra Yodmanee said that department officials visited the station on Friday to investigate the issue, and found that the malfunctioning pump had been fixed.
The station’s operator was fined for using measuring equipment that failed to meet legal standards, Jakkra said. The charge has a maximum penalty of six months in jail, a 20,000 baht…
