By misbehaving with inspectors, Muji has defied the rule of law

OFFICIALS OF the industry and commerce administrative departments of Beijing conducted a spot check on an outlet of Muji, a Japanese retail brand, recently. But the routine inspection became headline news because of the non-cooperative attitude of the shop attendants. Qianjiang Evening News comments:

The shop assistants shut the door in the inspectors' face, and removed almost all the wooden furniture that the officers said they would check, and allegedly deleted all inventory information on the furniture before letting the inspectors in.

In response, Muji said on Tuesday that it had mailed the furniture samples demanded by the inspectors to the Beijing outlet, and they will be submitted to the officials. The company also said it is investigating the other issues raised by the inspectors, including the "non-existent inventory information", and added that it will fix the "inventory retrieval system".