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Hong Kong Customs arrests male director and female staff member of chain massage parlour suspected of unfair trade practices in sale of services ******************************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (January 24) arrested a male director and a female staff member of a chain massage parlour suspected of wrongly accepting payments when selling massage services, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that a chain massage parlour with three branches failed to provide massage services purchased by customers. Following investigations launched by a swiftly established dedicated team concerning the case, Customs found that the massage parlour ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs arrests female director of chain education centre suspected of engaging in unfair trade practices in sale of tutorial programmes ******************************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (August 1) arrested a female director of a chain education centre suspected of engaging in wrongly accepting payment when selling tutorial programmes, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs had earlier received numerous complaints alleging that a chain education centre suddenly announced business closures of five branches in Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan, Shau Kei Wan, Tai Koo and Ho Man Tin on July 29, failing to ... Read more

Police make arrests for two cases in relation to suspected contravention of National Security Law ******************************************************************************************      The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force (NSD) today (March 9) and yesterday (March 8) arrested two women in two separate cases for contravening the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (National Security Law).        The NSD conducted an enforcement operation on Hong Kong Island today and arrested a 65-year-old woman for suspected collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security, contravening ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs arrests male staff member of online electronics retailer suspected of engaging in unfair trade practices in sale of air conditioners ******************************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs on October 12 arrested a male staff member of an online electronics retailer suspected of engaging in wrongly accepting payment when selling air conditioners, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that an online electronics retailer failed to supply air conditioners purchased by customers. Customs officers immediately conducted an investigation and found that customers who had purchased air conditioners were unable to install the products ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs arrests man suspected of engaging in unfair trade practices for selling training and consultation services on dating techniques ******************************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (April 20) arrested a man suspected of engaging in unfair trade practices for making misleading omission and using aggressive commercial practices in the sale of training and consultation services on dating techniques, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that a man was suspected of omitting material information in the sale of training and consultation services on dating techniques. The man demanded a victim to purchase ... Read more