Consumer Protection Board rushes to discuss legal issues regarding ‘The Icon’; results expected in 2-3 days

The Consumer Protection Board is urgently discussing the law with the Council of State to revoke the license of "The Icon". It is expected that the results will be known in 2-3 days. It stated that if it is necessary to investigate 18 more bosses, the officers will be sent to prison. Mr. Jitipat Boonsom, Director of the Consumer Protection Division for Direct Sales and Direct Marketing, Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB), revealed the progress of the license revocation process of The Icon Group Co., Ltd., stating that they are currently in the process of collecting evidence and damages caused by the company's actions in order to revoke the license of The Icon Group Co., Ltd., which the investigators are preparing to collect to submit to the working group in charge of the case to consider revoking the company, which has Ms. Songsiri Jumpol, Deputy Secretary-General of the OCPB, Acting Secretary-General of the OCPB as the registrar, as the chairperson of this working group. They will consider revo king the license as soon as possible, within 2-3 days, because it is an urgent matter. Mr. Jitipat added that the company's actions are clearly wrong, and the Consumer Protection Board is trying to find various legal issues to see if there are grounds to revoke the direct marketing license or not. At this stage, all information will be collected to present to the working group. It must be linked to whether the company applying for direct marketing business registration has a channel to sell products online. Has there been any illegal action using the online channel? If it is considered, additional information must be investigated and the investigator will proceed. When asked whether the investigation of the 18 bosses who have not yet been completed, who are now being taken to prison, will be further investigated in prison, Mr. Jitipat revealed that if the working group sees the need to further investigate, investigators will be sent to the prison for further questioning. Mr. Jitipat also revealed the probl ems and obstacles in the process of revoking the license, saying that according to what is currently being seen, the company's sales are both in the form of selling real products and in the form of recruiting members, which are related to both direct sales and direct marketing businesses, which are similar in nature. As for other forms of criminal fraud against the public for which the police have issued arrest warrants, which are diverse and complicated and difficult to investigate the facts, information must therefore be collected carefully. As for the issue that society has raised, why has the Consumer Protection Board not yet revoked the company's license and is still able to sell products, even though all 18 bosses have been arrested and sent to prison? Mr. Jitipat revealed that this is the registrar's discretion. The Consumer Protection Board is aware of this point, so it is trying to expedite the investigation into the facts. It must be done carefully because the company has used the direct marketing business license to persuade people to cause widespread damage. The Consumer Protection Board has discussed with relevant legal agencies, such as the Office of the Council of State, etc. . Source: Thai News Agency