Mainland vendor stripped of merchandize valued at HKD200m

A mainland Chinese handicraft and arts vendor lost merchandize valued at over HKD200 million, the Judiciary Police (PJ) informed in press conference held yesterday.
According to the force, the case goes back to December 19 of last year when a 46-year-old merchant from Hunan province complained to the PJ about the theft of 118 items from a total of 196 that he had kept stored in the territory after a Fair organized by the government in September.
The man claimed to have started a company in the territory a few months prior with a partner to sell the referred merchandize in a fair.
After the fair the unsold 196 items of handicraft works, ceramic, porcelain and jade products were kept in a residential unit until October.
The man, who returned in November to the mainland, arrived back in the MSAR in December to find that 118 pieces had disappeared.
Further investigation led to the detention of one employee at the Border Gate on Saturday. The detained man, who pleads innocence, informed the PJ that he was told by the partner of the victim to deliver the merchandize at the Border Gate during November, but that the partner had disappeared shortly afterward.
The case is still under investigation.