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 today.
The products seized from 186 suspects at a market near Don Mueang airport -- worth 300 million baht -- will be destroyed at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate in Ayutthaya at 10am, deputy national police chief Wirachai Songmetta said yesterday.
He did not elaborate what the charges would be but 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 endorsement.
Police investigators and officials from the Anti-Money Laundering Office had confiscated assets worth over 19 million baht from executives of firms linked to Magic Skin Co.
The assets will be liquidated in order to compensate the victims, added the deputy national police chief.
The investigators will next week summon the celebrities to hear the charges, which will likely involve jail terms, said Pol Gen Wirachai.
In May last year, Magic Skin was found to be producing cosmetics and food supplements which were both substandard and unlicensed.
Eight celebrities were asked to report to police to explain their roles as ambassadors for the company.
