The inspection team made a record to seize 6 clock scales with signs of fraud at the seafood market of Mui Ne fishing village (Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan province). Then, a female officer in the delegation was assaulted.
On January 30, the People’s Committee of Mui Ne Ward reported that a female ward official who participated in the inspection team on fraudulent trading in the seafood market of Mui Ne fishing village was assaulted by a small trader.
The status of using false scales often appears in seafood markets (Photo: Truc Ha).
Earlier on January 28, the social network appeared clips of tourists reflecting a small trader at the seafood market of Mui Ne fishing village using two scales, one of the correct weight and one of fraud. Visitors used 3 cans of beer to balance the control and one was only 1kg, the other was 1.4kg. The clip quickly went viral with angry comments.
On the morning of January 29, receiving feedback, the inspection team of the People’s Committee of Mui Ne ward came to check at the seafood market about the fraudulent trading situation. After checking, the team made a record of seizing 6 clock scales with signs of fraud.
At noon of the same day, when a female ward official (participating in the inspection team) was driving a motorbike through this area, a small trader (who sold at the seafood market lost weight) stopped her motorbike and hit the area with her hand. head of the female cadre and then fled.
Seafood market area of Mui Ne fishing village (Photo: Truc Ha).
It is known that this is not the first time the use of scales has taken place in the seafood market of Mui Ne fishing village. Previously, in January 2021, from the feedback of tourists, the People’s Committee of Phan Thiet City established a team to inspect 19 scales of 15 seafood trading households, and discovered that 13 were wrong in the number of kilograms.
On the occasion of the holiday of April 30, 2022, the situation of underweight still occurred, tourists continued to complain and the People’s Committee of Mui Ne Ward checked and issued a decision to administratively sanction fraudulent traders.