HONG KONG: A Hong Kong clothing company that supported democracy with colorful, tongue-in-cheek cartoon designs announced on Thursday it will shutter its shops next year citing "unprecedented harassment" from officials and political opponents.

Cute cartoon animals have been at the heart of Chickeeduck since its founding in 1990 and as democracy protests convulsed the city in recent years it embraced designs that subtly backed the movement.

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