China tech giant Tencent duped by saucy scammers

The dispute between Tencent – owner of the WeChat app – and legendary Chinese sauce Lao Gan Ma heated up this week when a court in the southern city of Shenzhen announced it would freeze assets of the chilli maker worth 16.24mil yuan (RM9.85mil). — Reuters

BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent has been fooled by impostors posing as representatives of the country’s most famous chilli sauce brand, police said, in a saga that nearly pitched the two famous brands against each other in court.

The dispute between Tencent – owner of the WeChat app – and legendary Chinese sauce Lao Gan Ma heated up this week when a court in the southern city of Shenzhen announced it would freeze assets of the chilli maker worth 16.24mil yuan (RM9.85mil).