Sri Lanka wants Amazon to remove bikini & doormat advertisements

Sri Lanka has asked  Amazon to remove advertisements featuring bikinis, briefs and doormats with country flag from its site.

 

Sri Lanka has already lodged a formal protest with the online retailer Amazon and asked Chinese authorities to ensure the manufacture and sale of similar products be stopped.

 

"The company which marketed the product on Amazon was requested by letter from the embassy to immediately cease selling the doormats and any such products, misusing the Sri Lanka flag," the Sri Lankan embassy in China said in a statement.

 

However, the embassy noted that there were similar products featuring flags of other countries.

 

Sri Lanka's embassy in Washington said it had also taken up the issue, and had complained to the US government over what it called a "violation of intellectual property rights" of the South Asian nation.

 

But, the request was not heeded to. Even two days after Sri Lanka's intervention, dozens of retailers were still selling the flag-themed items.

 

Several Chinese vendors on Amazon were offering the non-slip doormat at prices ranging from $10 to $24, and the lion-printed briefs and bikini from $9.20 to $17.30.