Police will next week summon celebrities to acknowledge charges over their endorsement of substandard cosmetic and weight-loss products linked to Magic Skin Co, 120 million tonnes of which will be burned on Wednesday.
The 300-million-baht worth of products seized from 186 suspects at a market near Don Mueang airport will be destroyed at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate in Ayutthaya at 10am on Wednesday, police said on Tuesday.
Police said earlier the stars might be formally charged with using misleading words in promoting the products and falsely presenting the properties of food supplements, along with unauthorised advertising of the products.
The investigators would next week summon celebrities to hear charges that would involve jail terms, police said.
Police declined to give details on the number of the celebrities, but said they were popular.
Magic Skin was found to be producing cosmetics and food supplements which were both substandard and unlicensed. Lyn has weight-loss drugs that have been linked to at least three deaths and are banned in Thailand.
In May, eight celebrities reported to police to expain their roles as ambassadors for Magic Skin comestics and weight loss products.
