Considered as “yellow store” Abu Thai Life Department Store (Abu Thai) recently by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department high-profile law enforcement, take away the goods and arrest the person in charge of the store, triggering civil discontent. A large number of Hong Kong people responded to the netizens initiated the “buy Abu Thai” action, many days long queues to the Abu Thai stores in various districts shopping.
The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department deployed about 100 customs officers on the 8th of this month, to “Abu Thai Life Department Store” 25 stores and warehouses in Tsuen Wan, seized about 400,000 yuan worth of goods, including detergents, detergents and decontamination products. Customs said the store a number of products suspected of not in accordance with legal requirements, in the packaging display bilingual warning labels, and in the operation arrested a 33-year-old male director.
The incident has aroused the anger of Hong Kong people, questioning the Customs is a political crackdown, because there are many parallel products in the market also do not have English bilingual warning labels, but the Customs turned a blind eye.
Some netizens launched a “buy Abu Thai” action, for several days, the Abu Thai stores in various districts have appeared to “buy” “basket” of goods in long lines of people.
Located in Shatin Abu Thai people lined up in a circle inside the mall. Stanley, who came to support, said: “I think society has gone through a round of blood, many things can not be done, these days I also went to several different Abu Thai, are trying to support, are trying to send a weak voice in society now, I hope we hear that we actually respect the law, but the problem is that we want to really fair law enforcement, not selective enforcement, suppression is useless. .”
Stanley questioned, at present many other chain stores have the same problem, why only for a particular store to make a prosecution?
Stanley said he bought a lot of products, including bubbly with yellow ribbons and “Go Hong Kong” on it, and went to Admiralty and Tsuen Wan in the past two days. “Every day to go to a different Abu Tai, all to show support.”
He also said that he saw a lot of yellow store together to support Abu Thai, showing that Hong Kong people are very united: “Just because this year because of the relationship between the epidemic, the restrictions on gathering so that we can do very little, this time is an opportunity to give everyone a voice, so do their own little power.”
Mr. Lee, who is engaged in the construction industry, is very uncomfortable in his heart because he sees Abu Thai being suppressed, he came out to show his support: “Because the customs is not right for people, Hong Kong people have eyes to see, other businesses such as Ubiquity 360 will not check.”
Mr. Lee has also been to Abu Thai branch shopping in Tai Po, see the various districts of Abu Thai are Hong Kong people “burst buy”, the heart is very emotional: “Because Hong Kong people have seen the regime into the present, so everyone out, the public to let Dickie (Lin Zheng) know that Hong Kong people do not like political hegemony! These things, not what you say on what.”
“Abu Thai Life Department Store” was founded in 2016 by former customs officer Lin Jingnan. Lam King Nam first ran for political office in June 2020, and later participated in the New Territories East Democratic Primary Election. On January 6 this year, Lin was arrested on charges of “conspiracy to subvert state power” in violation of the National Security Law, and was later released on bail.
Abutai earlier in response to this incident, said that the complaints received in the past, the Customs will only individual stores and goods to make a warning or prosecution, but this time the Customs and Excise Department mobilized more than 100 Trade Controls officers in 26 stores and warehouses throughout the territory to seize goods with a market value of nearly one million dollars, and to the office to arrest the person in charge, the Customs enforcement procedures are deeply surprised, but also feel very helpless. “Doing wrong, we will admit, we will change, will do better. But there is a need to seize even the top products in the warehouse that have not been sent out to the market?”
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