Thailand files complaint against e-commerce platform Lazada for overpriced masks


A couple travelling in the skytrain wearing protective masks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand. Three online shops that operate on Lazada's platform were found to be selling surgical masks at prices that were excessively high and above the control price of 2.5 baht (34sen) per mask, Jurin said. — Reuters

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Commerce Ministry on March 11 filed a complaint against the Alibaba backed e-commerce platform Lazada after investigations found that surgical masks were being sold at excessively high prices, a senior official said.

The country, which has 59 confirmed coronavirus cases, last month classified surgical masks and hand sanitiser as controlled goods, allowing it to set price ceilings and better control distribution.

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