Durian Merchant Gets 15 Days In Jail For Selling Unripe Durian

[Flashermac]

A Rayong court that sentenced a merchant to 15-days in jail for selling unripe fruit to a customer set a legal precedent for Thailand.

 

The Court on April 22 sentenced orchard owner Vimol Srivichai for selling 20 unripe durians for about Bt2,000, Thai Rath newspaper reported.

 

"The defendant defrauded his customer and in doing so adversely impacted the local economy by undermining people’s good faith indurian sales," the court said in its verdict.

 

The client pressed charges after discovering the durians he bought on April 21 were unripe. Police in Rayong province confirmed the deception and brought the case to court.

 

Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces on the eastern seaboard are famed for their tropical fruit plantations, including durian, mangosteen and rambutan.

 

The Ministry of Agriculture has sought cooperation from orchard owners and merchants to refrain from selling unripe durian to maintain public confidence in the fruit, which is generally sols in its spiky shell.

 

"This court case sets a good example for other selfish merchants," Olarn Pitak, director general of the Department of Agricultural Extension, told the newspaper.

 

 

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[jitagawn]

Bizarre... can one not wait until said fruit ripens?

 

( I have no idea as I never touch the stuff)

[Flashermac]

Maybe it doesn't ripen off the tree? I'm surprised the buyer couldn't tell if they were ripe. Even I knew how to do that years ago - shake it, sniff it, look at the ends of the "alien pod" etc. Durian is so expensive nowadays that it's sold by the khit, not a whole pod.