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	The Appeal Court was convinced the items, still have covers and wrapped in plastic, weren&#39;t from trash as the man claimed but from a VCD-making source and ruled that the given sentence was the lightest - as the usual punishment for this offend was Bt200,000-Bt1 million - thus upheld the sentence.</div>
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	The 26-year-old defendant Surat Maeenopparatsuda was apprehended by Hua Mark police on December 16, 2008, while he was manning a roadside stall selling items including the VCDs and CDs at Bt20 each in a weekend market of Bang Kapi district, and he failed to present the permit.&nbsp;</div>
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	The lower court found him guilty and fined him initially at Bt200,100 before deducting that to Bt133,400 due to his useful confession, which if he wasn&#39;t able to pay, he would have to serve time in jail for up to one year.&nbsp;</div>
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	The Nation</div>

Appeal Court upholds Bt133,400-fine against garbage collector for selling CDs

The Appeal Court Tuesday upheld the lower court's sentence to fine a Bangkok's Saphan Sung district garbage collector at Bt133,400 for selling copyright 83 movie VCDs and 13 music CDs.