Pump crackdown :Campaign launched to prevent cheating at petrol stations
The Internal Trade Department will call a meeting today with Thailand's eight leading petrol station operators - PTT, Conoco, Caltex Oil, Esso Standard, Shell, BCP, Siam United Services and Petronas - to find measures to prevent cheating at fuel pumps.
Director-general Siripol Yodmuangcharoen said consumers had complained about petrol station employees overcharging them after filling their tanks.The department and operators will find ways of cracking down on such illegal practices. Petrol-station owners will closely monitor their employees' service. The ministry will also send an inspection team to work with petrol stations to uncover and punish dishonest employees, said Siripol.
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