[AbouThai Search] Customs: Nearly 9,000 cleaning products seized; Thai-only warning wording allegedly non-compliant; 33-year-old male director arrested
【搜阿布泰】海關：檢近 9 千支清潔用品 只有泰文警告字句涉違規 33 歲男董事被捕
Customs held a press conference to explain details of its operation to search AbouThai, also known as AbouThai Thai Lifestyle Department Store, saying that goods worth about HK$400,000 were seized and a 33-year-old male director was arrested. Customs said the goods did not bear warning or cautionary statements in both Chinese and English, allegedly contravening the subsidiary legislation under the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance, namely the Consumer Goods Safety Regulation. Customs said that, regardless of whether the products were located in a branch or a warehouse, possessing products suspected of breaching the regulations for sale was illegal. It said enforcement action would be taken and investigations followed up if products were found to be non-compliant.
海關召開記者會，交代搜查AbouThai阿布泰國生活百貨（阿布泰）行動詳情，指共檢走市值約40萬港元貨品及拘捕一名33歲男董事。海關指貨品未貼有中、英雙語警告或警誡字句標示，涉嫌違反《消費品安全條例》附屬法例《消費品安全規例》。海關表示，不論相關產品位於分店或是貨倉，管有涉嫌違規的產品作出售用途均屬違法，若產品違規就會執法及跟進調查。