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- A father in Hong Kong was forced to pay HK$33,600 (approximately $4,255) at a designer toy store after his son knocked over a golden Teletubbies figure.
- The incident occurred at the KKPlus store in Langham Place mall in Hong Kong on Sunday evening.
- Staff members at the store told the father and his wife that their son was seen kicking the Teletubbies figure and asked for compensation.
- The father believes his son may have been falsely accused after a video of the incident showed the 5-year-old slightly leaning on the figure.
- In response, KKPlus released a statement that the figure had not brought any trouble in the past and has been in the same spot since November 2021.
A father was forced to pay HK$33,600 (approximately $4,255) as compensation after his 5-year-old boy knocked over a golden Teletubbies figure in a Hong Kong designer toy store.
On Sunday evening, the man, Cheng, visited the KKPlus store in Langham Place mall in Hong Kong with his wife and two sons. When he stepped out to take a phone call, he reportedly heard a loud crashing sound behind him and discovered that his son had shattered an over-1.8–meter-tall (5.9 feet) golden Teletubbies figure.
“My son was motionless. He was staring down, looking at the toy,” Cheng told Commercial Radio per Hong Kong Free Press.
Staff members informed Cheng and his wife that their 5-year-old son was seen kicking the figure and charged them HK$33,600.
When Cheng watched video footage of the incident on Sunday evening, he suspected that staff members had falsely accused his son. The video showed his son slightly leaning on the figure rather than kicking it as staff members had told Cheng. His wife then reported their finding to the store.
After the video footage went viral, however, KKPlus apologized and issued a full refund to the father while the store’s manager admitted to not taking enough precautions in preventing the figure from being damaged.
Feature Image via Jerry Yuen
