The CEO of a Thai company at the heart of a CNN investigation into fake and used medical gloves has been arrested in Bangkok.
Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau told CNN Tuesday that Kampee Kampeerayannon, CEO of a company called SkyMed and a former senior Thai air force officer, had been detained after a judge issued a warrant. According to Thai police, he faces charges of public fraud and distributing false information by computer. Police say Kampee has denied all charges against him. CNN is seeking comment from Kampee's legal representation.
Kirschen told CNN the supposedly medical grade gloves were dirty, bloodstained, and had been washed and reused. A raid on a warehouse used by Paddy the Room Trading Company in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2020. Deputy secretary-general of the Thai FDA Supattra Boonserm and members of the Royal Thai Police seized counterfeit nitrile gloves. The Thai FDA says SkyMed, the brand whose logo is on the boxes of gloves, is"for sure fake.
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