His son had to break a giant Teletubbies at a toy store and pay $ 4,200

A family was forced to pay HK $ 33,600. US $ 4,255After his son broke a 1.8 meter figure of a golden Teletubbie doll at a toy store.

The Chen family was in a famous store when the giant doll fell to the ground. Shattered into pieces.. On their side, the founding officer blamed one of the couple’s two children. 5 years oldAccording to digital newspapers Hong Kong Free Press..

The videos and photos published on social networks are a boy who is paralyzed and surprised by the catastrophe that his parents had to pay the price shown on the sign at the bottom of the figure, not arbitrarily. Is shown.

But after watching a video of the exact moment of the incident that happened last Saturday, the father claimed that the accident wasn’t the fault of his son and isn’t now. Ask a toy store for a refund..

In addition, Mr. Chen assured that his son was still there. I was traumatized in the incident And he always asks, “Why are dolls so scary?”

As you can see in the video at the moment of the incident, The boy turned his back on the doll a littleLost stability and fell towards the ground.

Support and criticism on social media

After the episode went viral via social networks, most users stood by the family, and many accused the store of cheating Chen and deliberately placing such a doll. ..

However, others believe that parents should watch over their children better and therefore they should be responsible for the damage caused.

On the other hand, the company that runs the toy store said that a huge “Teletubbies” was exhibited at the same place from November. Does not represent “customer inconvenience”Although he admits that they learn from experience “to prevent this kind of accident from happening again”.

According to a lawyer quoted by local media, the minimum age for criminal liability in Hong Kong is 10 years, so no matter who is responsible, the toy store should not force parents to pay for dolls and the like. was. ..

With information from EFE.