{
  "id": 4648765,
  "title": "Chiang Mai couple charged 85,800 baht without consent at beauty clinic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/chiang-mai-couple-charged-85-800-baht-without-consent-at-beauty-clinic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:58:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Thaiger",
    "slug": "the-thaiger",
    "url": "https://thethaiger.com/news/chiang-mai/chiang-mai-beauty-clinic-accused-of-unauthorised-charge"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Thai couple from Chiang Mai has accused a beauty clinic in a shopping mall of charging 85,800 baht to their credit card without their consent. According to the couple's daughter, the incident took place on August 16, when staff invited them to try a free treatment. The wife was taken into a treatment room while the husband was asked for his credit card. The husband questioned the need for his card, but the staff did not answer and allegedly insisted he not ask further. He then handed over the card, which was used to charge the couple for a scrub, mask, and lift-up treatment. The daughter reported that her father experienced pain and numbness, as well as blurred vision after the treatment, and lost two kilograms in weight due to stress. Both the clinic and the shopping mall have not yet commented on the allegations.",
  "summary": "A daughter's Facebook post says staff offered her parents a free service, then put the bill on her father's card The story Chiang Mai couple charged 85,800 baht without consent at beauty clinic as seen on Thaiger News .",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}