A guy in Hong Kong needed to pay (literally) for the mischief of his son at a purchasing mall.
The video of the incident goes viral on social media. It suggests a golden-coloured, 1.8-metre-tall Teletubbies doll mendacity at the ground of a Mong Kok clothier toy save withinside the mall in pieces.
The guy, handiest diagnosed with the aid of using his first call Cheng, advised a Hong Kong radio station that he paid HK $33,600 (US $4,255) after his son changed into accused of kicking the toy statue. In India currency, this quantities to ₹ 3,30,168.
Mr Cheng stated that he went to KK Plus, a shop in Langham Place Mall, together along with his spouse and sons on Sunday evening.
According to the Hong Kong Free Press, Mr Cheng claimed that he stepped out for a couple of minutes to take a telecellsmartphone name whilst he heard a noisy bang at the back of him. His son changed into observing a 1.8-metre gold Teletubbies toy that had fallen down, its head severed and an arm shattered off.
“My son changed into motionless. He changed into staring down, searching on the toy,” Cheng advised Commercial Radio.
Mr Cheng were given to realize with the aid of using a team of workers employees from the shop that the toy has been damaged with the aid of using his elder son. He agreed to pay for the doll, believing it changed into his son’s fault. However, the store knowledgeable him that he might be charged with handiest the price fee of $33,600.
Mr Cheng later realised that his son were wrongfully charged after looking the video on-line later that night. His spouse referred to as KKPlus, he brought.
Mr Cheng stated that the occasion had left his son traumatised. “He skipped faculty today,” stated Mr Cheng.
Social media customers had been livid and accused KKPlus of scamming the father. They wondered why the toy changed into now no longer cordoned off to save you human beings come coming near it.
KKPlus issued a declaration on-line pronouncing that the toy were withinside the equal spot considering November final 12 months and no purchaser ever complained of any inconvenience. It brought that the enterprise might “research from this revel in to save you comparable incidents from occurring again”. The declaration changed into, however, deleted.