A Chinese Hunan restaurant in a commercial area in Langkawi and Bukit Tingal, Penang, Malaysia, was reported by netizens yesterday (2) when police came to the restaurant and removed wallpaper with portraits of the Chinese Communist Party and Mao Zedong. The owner of the restaurant later denied that anyone in the restaurant had contracted the Chinese Communist Party virus (Wuhan pneumonia).
According to the Malaysian newspaper China Daily, on January 3, Penang police launched a crackdown on a Chinese Hunan restaurant in a commercial area of Bukit Tingia after receiving a report from a netizen. The police removed wallpaper believed to be of the Chinese Communist Army and related content, and confiscated items such as a portrait of Mao Zedong, the so-called revolutionary leader of the Chinese Communist Party, and four mugs with Mao’s portrait on them.
The branch’s 23-year-old local Chinese manager was also taken back to the police station for investigation.
The Chinese Hunan restaurant has been open for four years. The owner is a Malaysian Chinese (41 years old) who runs the business with his Chinese wife.
In addition, Penang Police Criminal Crime Investigation Unit Director Rahimi noted that the owner of the restaurant is a Malaysian Chinese. Since he was under quarantine, the police had to take a statement for investigation only after the 14-day quarantine period was over.
After the incident, the owner of Hunan Cuisine posted a photo of the wallpaper being removed by the police on the restaurant’s Facebook page, denying netizens’ claims that there were confirmed patients of the Chinese Communist virus in his restaurant. He also said he reserved the right to pursue the case.
The wallpaper at Hunan Cuisine has many CCP-related content and portraits of Mao Zedong.
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