Abu Thai Life Department Store, a chain of stores in Hong Kong considered to support the “anti-China” movement, was searched by Customs recently, resulting in a large number of “yellow silk” supporting the “anti-China” campaign lined up outside the store for several days. Shopping, a media description, which highlights the spirit of civil disobedience.
On the 8th of this month, customs officers searched 25 branches of Abu Thai Life Department Store, saying that the packaging of some goods are not marked with bilingual warnings or cautions on safe storage, use, consumption or disposal, suspected of violating consumer safety regulations, during the inspection of more than 8,000 pieces of goods, the arrest of a company director.
Abutai specializes in the sale of Thai imported snacks, household goods, etc., the founder is Lin Jingnan, a former customs officer, was fired for supporting the “anti-sending China”.
In early January of this year, Lam was arrested by the State Security Division for allegedly violating the Hong Kong State Security Law for subversion of state power, and has been released on bail.
Based on Lam’s political background, Abutai, which he founded, is considered a “yellow store” that is in line with the “anti-China” stance.
After Abu Tai was investigated by customs, many “yellow silk” criticized the authorities for “targeted enforcement” and called on the Internet for others to shop at Abu Tai to show their support.
In the past few days, a large number of people have been lining up to shop at the branches of Abu Thai every day, which has become a “peculiar scenery” in the economic downturn under the epidemic.
This scene highlights the spirit of civil disobedience from the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to the anti-revision movement in 2019,” said Crowd News in a report today.
The report also pointed out that “the Abutai incident reflects that there is no need for anyone to stand up and advocate incitement, the public naturally all know how to take action to declare their dissatisfaction with the government or express their support for certain people, and the more the government unreasonably suppresses, the stronger the backlash will be, and the stronger the yellow economic circle will be.”
Under local consumer product safety regulations, consumer products are required to display both English and Chinese safety warnings. Abutai later admitted negligence in the customs search, but was surprised by the enforcement procedures.
In the middle of the “anti-China” movement, anti-China supporters called themselves “yellow silk” to distinguish themselves from the pro-government and pro-police “blue silk”, and later spawned the “yellow shop” and the “yellow shop” in support of the anti-China movement. The “yellow stores” and the “yellow economic circle” that only go to yellow stores.
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