G.O.D. Boss Douglas Young along with 17 store employees were arrested for selling T-shirts and postcards with the design "14k" which was meant to a cultural reference to China and Jewelry, afterall, the K is used to measure value and purity in items like Gold or other Jewelry.

14K is also a reference to a notorious and major Triad Gang and they were arrested for that reason. No warning was given, no "cease & desist", they were simply arrested, as if they had already committed a grave crime. As expected, after the arrest many people now want that T-shirt, but more important at stake is Hong Kong’s reputation as a creative center where freedom of speech is more affected. On one hand you have West Kowloon and an attempt to bring the Venice Biennale to Hong Kong to promote creativity and push the boundaries of art and then you get people sent to Jail for printing T-shirts without even a warning! They were just arrested!!

 I haven’t seen the T-shirt but this is a guilty before proven approach, to make matters even more ridiculous, there were no complaints either. I am sure you can buy T-Shirts in America with Al Capone, and what about all those Triad Movies and stories you can buy everywher ein Hong Kong with Traids hacking each other up? Selling an innocent T-shirt that was evidently a misunderstanding warrants an arrest?

What is happening to Hong Kong?