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Warehouse raid standard practice, not ‘repression’: Hong Kong customs

Summary by South China Morning Post

Press briefing comes a night after department accused over operation at AbouThai stores. Packaging of products did not have bilingual warnings or cautions on their usage or safety, customs officer Vincent Chan says.

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Hong Kong shop founded by pro-democracy activist raided over content labelling

Hong Kong authorities said on Friday they had seized nearly 9,000 Thai cleaning products suspected to have wrong labelling from a shop founded by a pro-democracy activist facing charges under the city's contentious national security law.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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South China Morning Post

Warehouse raid standard practice, not ‘repression’: Hong Kong customs

3 years ago·Hong Kong

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Hong Kong shop founded by pro-democracy activist raided over content labelling

HONG KONG, April 9 - Hong Kong authorities said on Friday they had seized nearly 9,000 Thai cleaning products suspected to have wrong labelling from a shop founded by a pro-democracy activist facing charges under the city's contentious national security law.

3 years ago·Singapore

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Hong Kong shop founded by pro-democracy activist raided over content labelling

April 9, 2021HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities said on Friday they had seized nearly 9,000 Thai cleaning products suspected to have wrong labelling from a shop founded by a pro-democracy activist facing charges under the city’s contentious national security law. Customs officers on Thursday raided 25 shops belonging to the chain, AbouThai, and arrested a 33-year-old male director of the group, the government said in a statement. T…

3 years ago·San Diego, United States

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Hong Kong Free Press

Hong Kong Customs reject allegations of 'repressive, disproportionate' action after pro-democracy retail chain raided | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

A series of co-ordinated customs raids on outlets of a Hong Kong retail chain – whose founder is accused of breaking the city’s tough new national security laws – has sparked claims that the action was politically motivated.The raids by Hong Kong Customs on a warehouse and 25 stores in 18 districts across the city belonging to the chain, AboutThai, took place on Thursday. Customs chiefs say they were carried out in connection with missing safety…

3 years ago·Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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