A 13-year-old boy sneaked into an unguarded ice cream machine at a McDonald's fast food restaurant in Wo Chai Street at 10 pm yesterday (2nd) and poured himself a large cup of soft ice cream worth about 10 yuan. Pay and leave.
The whole process was not discovered by the clerk, but was made into a short video by others and posted on the Internet, and it was widely circulated.
The video was seen by the store staff and called the police for help.
The Sham Shui Po District Criminal Investigation Team conducts a theft investigation.
The boy, accompanied by his guardian, surrendered to the police station today (August 3). He has since been released on bail pending investigation and must report to the police in early August.
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A clip circulated on the Internet at the time of the incident showed an obese boy in a black T-shirt and shorts who opened the door and sneaked into the dessert station outside the McDonald's fast food restaurant.
The filmmakers kept following him, saying "free ice cream" and shouting, "Xindiguan!" At that time, there was no staff on duty at the dessert station. The boy took out a plastic cup and poured himself a soft ice cream using the ice cream machine. After that, I ran out of the store and left without paying, and the whole process only took about 20 seconds.
According to the source, the arrested person is a 13-year-old male student.
The informant was the manager of the fast food restaurant. He saw the above video on Facebook, recognized the scene of the incident as his own restaurant and called the police.
Today (June 3), the boy, accompanied by his guardian, surrendered to Sham Shui Po Police Station and admitted to stealing ice cream for a while.
In response to an inquiry from Hong Kong 01, a spokesman for McDonald's Hong Kong said: "The incident has been handed over to the police, and it is inconvenient to comment at this stage."
