Three shops in KK were caught red-handed for selling fake vivo gadgets

Are you wary of buying fake gadgets in shops and online store? You're not the only one. And just recently in Kota Kinabalu, three gadget shops were caught red-handed by a raiding enforcement team of 15 officers from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry Sabah for selling many fake electronic gadgets using vivo as its brand cover up. Good job, police officers!

According to Ravichandran A/L Vadivellu, the Enforcement Chief of the operation, he said that a total of 192 units were confiscated. This includes 105 mobile phones, 10 tablets, 10 chargers and 58 power banks that's worth RM25,959.00 altogether. The raid took place at 11AM when the public filed some reports and complaints to the police. Furthermore, the Enforcement Chief also said the fake products were manufactured in China that never went through vivo, with price tags selling at lower prices than usual.

“Upon inspection on the first premises, we confiscated 81 units of mobile phones, nine mobile accessories such as handphone chargers and power banks, believed to be imitation, worth RM14,152. At the second premises, we seized 15 mobile handphones, 46 power banks, one handphone charger and nine tablets worth RM7,506 and at the third premises, nine mobile handphones and 10 tablets worth RM4,301,” he said in a press conference at the KPDNKK Sabah office.

Moreover, he also described how the fake vivo gadgets have cheated the public. For instance, their batteries can be taken out of the phone which should not be happening, a fake dual rear camera was hiding one single main camera, the fingerprint sensor was also a fake and there is no such thing as tablets and power banks made by vivo.

Under Section 8(2)(b) of the Trade Description Act 201, the individuals that were running the gadget shops can be fined up to RM10,000 each or a jail term up to three years. The company can also be fined up to RM15,000 for each item. My, oh my.

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