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A sex scandal video has hit Uniqlo's store in Beijing as the clip went viral on Chinese internet. The unidentified couple took a video of their sex inside a changing room of the Japanese retail chain's outlet at Sanlitun shopping district.
The incident led the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to rebuke Tencent, operator of WeChat, and Sina, operator of Weibo, for permitting the publication and sharing of the viral video on their portals. The CAC took the two websites to task for breaching "some bottom lines" and "core socialist values" in China. The country bans pornography and jails producers and publishers of adult materials.
By Thursday, Weibo had blocked searches for the video and deleted previous comments on the post. However, by then, a lot of internet users had downloaded the video and some enterprising Chinese used the captured images as design for T-shirts that are being sold on Taobao, an ecommerce site in China.
To worsen matters for the retailer, Uniqlo is being accused of being behind the sex scandal as part of its marketing strategy. In a statement, the company denied the accusation.
"As a responsible international brand, Uniqlo is dedicated to providing consumers with safe, comfortable and quality shopping experiences and locations. We would like to remind all customers to abide by society's moral standard and properly and appropriately use our fitting rooms."
However, reports said that the store has become a hot tourist attraction after the video became viral. It seems the couple just met before they decided to make the changing room their lovemaking nest. The pair did not deny that it was them
To Chinese couple shot the one-minute video, which was leaked to social media app WeChat the same night, that become a top trending topic by Wednesday morning on Weibo. The hot video got 2.5 million searchers and posts, reports The Telegraph.
