(12 May 2001)
1. Wide shot pile of fake goods with a banner in the background, saying Destruction of Counterfeit products
2. Close up fake Manchester United football club t-shirt, pull out to a policeman ripping the shirt
3. Close up logo of the shirt ripped
4. Policeman standing on a pile of fake t-shirts.
5. Close up fake Manchester United club t-shirt
6. Mid shot fake Manchester United club t-shirt
7. Big pile of copied shirts and jeans
8. Close up fake Levi's 501
9. Various shots of police ripping jeans
10. Group of Thai singers smashing fake watches
11. Close up fake watches
12. Steamroller crushing fake watches, CDs and video cassettes
13. Cutaway onlookers
14. Various of steamroller crushing fake goods
15. Close up fake watch crushed
16. Policeman cutting a handbag
17. Fake Louis Vuitton bag being sprayed
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Suwan Valaisatien, Thai Deputy Commerce minister
"Because obviously all the imitations - if this is thought (to be) the economy of Thailand we are put on the watch list by the States government and we lose some of our GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) for export so we would like to be off the watch list and then get back our GSP."
"If we can show the US that we are serious in this problem, I think we can ask for something in exchange to accelerate our economic growth."
19. Police ripping handbags
20. Policeman ripping a fake Nike bag
21. Wide shot policeman spraying fake Louis Vitton handbags with coloured paint
22. Sprayed fake Louis Vuitton handbags
23. Various of fake handbags destroyed
STORYLINE:
Thai authorities destroyed 28 (m) million baht (620-thousand US dollars) worth of fake CDs, video cassettes and designer products on Friday to show it means business about stopping production and sales of bootleg goods.
A steamroller crushed fake Rolex watches and police officers used scissors to cut up Manchester United football shirts and Chanel leather bags.
They also sprayed Winnie the Pooh toys with coloured paint.
During a ceremony at the police's Economic Crime Division headquarters in Bangkok, the deputy commerce minister said Thailand was stepping up its suppression of pirated products in the hope of getting the United States to reduce tariffs for Thai exports,
Thailand is one of 37 US trading partners on a special watch list for copyright violations.
Suwan Valaisatien said the commerce ministry was negotiating with the United States to regain tariff privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), especially for electronic goods.
The United States annually reviews GSP privileges which are granted to help developing economies.
An official at the state attorney's office said Thai courts recently imposed jail terms on owners or sellers of
pirated products, who had previously only faced a fine or a suspended sentence.
Producers of fake goods face a maximum four-year jail term and an 80-thousand baht (one-thousand and 950 US dollars) fine, and sellers a two year sentence and 40-thousand baht (975 US dollars) fine.
Vendors in Bangkok's streets and markets sell a wide variety of pirated products.
Britain's consumer affairs minister recently complained about the production of fake football shirts in Thailand, claiming it was a method used by drug dealers to launder illegally acquired money.
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