'Professional store closers' help companies avoid liability

Judicial measures needed to address the issue to protect consumers' rights

More judicial measures are needed to address the issue of "professional store closers", people who specialize in helping unprofitable companies with prepaid services "close shop" to evade debts and handle subsequent consumer rights disputes.

For years, incidents have frequently occurred where prepaid service providers, such as gyms, hair salons and educational training institutions close down or cease operations after consumers have recharged their membership cards.

However, in recent years, these companies have often changed their legal representative and shareholder identities to professional store closers to evade debts and consumer accountability.