Police seize fake Philips products

Police seize fake Philips products

JAKARTA (JP): Police detectives have apprehended two men for
illegally selling electrical appliances under the Philips brand
name.

City police chief of detectives Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo
said on Tuesday officers confiscated 2,450 faked Ecotone
lightbulbs and 8,000 counterfeited irons from the suspects,
identified as Edi Sutanto and Frans.

Among the items seized were equipment used to print packages
and labels for the goods.

"I bought the bulbs from a salesman in Glodok shopping center,
West Jakarta," said Edi, who was arrested in Tanjung Priok, North
Jakarta.

He said he bought the bulbs for Rp 11,000 (US$1.50) each and
sold them later for Rp 27,500 after they were labeled and
packaged.

Frans was arrested on Jl. Cemara Raya in Cengkareng, West
Jakarta, for forging the HI 114 electric irons of the Dutch
company.

"I have run the business since July and sold the irons for Rp
90,000 each," Frans reportedly told the police. He said he bought
the irons for Rp 18,000 each.

NV Philips Holland expressed its gratitude to the police for
its success in clamping down on the illegal misrepresentation of
its brand name, Alex said. (05)