Six curry puffs, a S$450 flight from China? Viral Singapore errand sparks Meituan denial

Meituan, a Chinese food delivery company, has refuted claims of offering cross-border delivery services following a viral video that depicted a man in a Meituan uniform purportedly flown to Singapore to purchase curry puffs.

The company clarified through a customer service representative that it does not facilitate international food deliveries, emphasizing the absence of such services.

The video, which gained traction on Chinese social media, showed the man stating he was tasked with the errand for a significantly higher price than the food's cost, which Meituan affirmed was not within their service offerings.

SINGAPORE, Sept 6 — Chinese food delivery giant Meituan has denied offering cross-border delivery services after a viral video showed a man in its signature yellow uniform claiming he had been flown to Singapore to buy just S$13.50 (RM43) worth of curry puffs.

Singapore-based Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao reported yesterday that Meituan had not launched any international food delivery or errand service.

A customer service representative contacted through the Meituan app said customers could not place orders in China and have a rider fly to Singapore to collect food.

The representative stressed that Meituan does not support such arrangements and provides no cross-border delivery service.

The denial came after a video posted on Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu showed a man wearing what appeared to be a Meituan jacket and helmet buying six curry puffs at Paya Lebar Quarter Mall.

Speaking to the person filming him, the man claimed that a customer had spent about 2,400 yuan, or S$450, to fly him to Singapore for the errand.

His supposed mission was to pick up a box of six curry puffs from Hong Lim Curry Puff, including curry potato and sardine flavours, costing just S$13.50.

He did not reveal who the customer was or how much he had been paid for carrying out the unusual assignment.

The incident took place on August 31.

Hong Lim Curry Puff founder Victoria Loh, 37, said a part-time employee who does not speak Mandarin called her for help when the man arrived at the outlet.

When Loh reached the shop, the man asked whether he could pay using WeChat Pay or Alipay, two payment platforms widely used in China.

The shop could not accept either method.

Loh said she initially assumed he was a “normal” customer and told her employee to proceed “as usual”.

She only realised something unusual was happening after hearing a woman, identified as the Xiaohongshu user filming the video, shout: “Meituan!”

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