HK shoplifter makes off with US$129,000 coat
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POLICE in Hong Kong are on the hunt for a shoplifter who helped himself to an alligator-leather coat worth nearly HK$1 million (US$129,000) from a Burberry store in the city’s Tsim Sha Tsui district.
Staff at the British brand’s flagship shop discovered the trench coat was missing after they closed for business on Wednesday.
“The person who reported the case said a leather jacket worth about HK$900,000 had disappeared. A review of the security cameras made staff believe it had been stolen,” police said in a statement yesterday.
Police are looking for a strongly built male suspect aged between 30 and 40, the statement said.
The Tsim Sha Tsui area is particularly popular with wealthy Chinese mainland tourists willing to pay eye-popping prices for Western brands.
The suspect is a mainland resident and walked out of the store unchallenged after removing the coat from a mannequin early on Wednesday evening, the South China Morning Post reported.
Some designer brands avoid placing security tags on their high-end products for fear of ruining their quality, relying instead on surveillance cameras and security personnel, a police source was quoted as saying.
Burberry, which has 14 stores in Hong Kong, declined to give details of the case, citing an ongoing police investigation.
After making its name selling sensible outdoor wear for the British gentry, the retailer has moved distinctly upmarket in recent years. Driven by growth in the Asia-Pacific region, its retail revenue in the quarter to December 31 rose 14 percent.
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