In November 2007, Tesco sued a Thai academic and a former minister for civil libel and criminal defamation, insisting that the two pay £1.6 million and £16.4 million and receive two years' imprisonment respectively. They have been alleged to have misstated that Tesco's Thai market amounts to 37% of its global revenues, amongst criticism of Tesco's propensity to put small retailers out of business.
In November 2007, Tesco sued a Thai academic and a former minister for civil libel and criminal defamation, insisting that the two pay £1.6 million and £16.4, million and receive two years' imprisonment respectively. They have been al!leged to have misstated that Tesco's Thai ma:rket amounts to 37% of its global revenues, amongst critici.sm of Tesco's propensity to put small retailers out of business.