Donald Tang has sent a letter to the French Commerce Minister, Serge Papin, which was cited today by the Agence France Presse (AFP).
The CEO of the Chinese platform Shein also requested a meeting with the Ministry of Economy and Finance to present the “firm and immediate” measures that have been adopted.
On Wednesday, the French government initiated a process to temporarily suspend Shein in the country until the Chinese platform can prove its content complies with the law.
“By instruction of the Prime Minister, [Sébastien Lecornu], the government is temporarily suspending Shein so that the platform can demonstrate to the authorities that all its content complies with the existing laws and regulations,” announced the French Ministry of Economy in a statement.
The government pledged to review the situation “within 48 hours.”
The executive’s decision came on the same day that Shein opened its first physical store in Paris, in a space measuring 1,200 square meters.
“The safety of customers and the integrity of our marketplace are our absolute priorities,” the company stated at the time.
On the same day, Shein also announced the suspension of the sale of products from external vendors in France after concerns were raised about the commercialization of child-like sex dolls.
According to the French press, a man was arrested near Marseille after receiving a child-like sex doll, purchased on Shein.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation earlier this week against the Chinese company Shein for “dissemination of pornographic images or representations of minors.”
In the same accusation, AliExpress is implicated for disseminating violent, pornographic, or degrading images accessible to minors.
The Chinese company Temu and the American company Wish are also being accused.
