Tag: combats

Hong Kong Customs combats unfair trade practices at medicine shop *****************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs today (January 14) arrested two salesmen of a medicine shop suspected of engaging in unfair trade practices involving misleading omission in the course of selling a Chinese herbal medicine, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that staff members of a medicine shop in Mong Kok were suspected to have misled a customer to believe the unit price of a Chinese herbal medicine was calculated per catty. After the Chinese herbal medicine was ground into powder, the staff members revealed ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats counterfeit electronic goods activities involving cross-boundary transshipments and local deliveries (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs conducted a three-week special enforcement operation from June 13 to yesterday (July 3) to combat counterfeit electronic goods activities involving cross-boundary transshipments and local deliveries. During the operation, Customs detected a total of 17 related cases and seized more than 26 000 items of suspected counterfeit electronic goods, including earphones, mobile phones, electronic watches and mobile phone accessories, with an estimated market value of over $6.8 million. Four men were arrested.      Through risk management and intelligence analysis, Customs detected 15 ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats unfair trade practices at online diaper retailer **************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (May 17) arrested a male suspected of engaging in wrongly accepting payments on presale coupons of diaper on the Internet, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received reports alleging that a diaper retailer sold presale coupons of diaper through a social media platform but failed to supply the ordered goods within the specified date or a reasonable period after accepting payments from a number of customers for purchasing the presale coupons. Also, no refund was offered.      After investigation, Customs officers today arrested a 46-year-old man suspected to ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats sale of counterfeit wheel rims (with photo) *********************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (August 11) conducted an enforcement operation to combat the sale of counterfeit wheel rims and seized 42 suspected counterfeit wheel rims with an estimated market value of about $50,000 in a car parts shop.      Customs earlier received information alleging that suspected counterfeit wheel rims were offered for sale on online platforms. Initial investigation found that a seller had set up a dedicated page on a social media platform to sell suspected counterfeit wheel rims.     ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats sale of counterfeit proprietary Chinese medicines (with photo) ****************************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (July 13) mounted an operation in North Point to combat the sale of counterfeit proprietary Chinese medicines and seized six boxes of a suspected counterfeit proprietary Chinese medicine with an estimated market value of about $6,000. One person was arrested.      Customs earlier received information alleging a dispensary was suspected of selling counterfeit proprietary Chinese medicines. After an in-depth investigation with the assistance of the trademark owner, Customs officers today took enforcement action and raided a dispensary in North Point. The six ... Read more