Chinese company Oppo faced major backlash at its Noida office on Tuesday after an employee allegedly "tore the national flag and dumped it in a dustbin." Soon after, people reached the site with flags in protest against Oppo India for allegedly disrespecting the national flag. India Today Tech has reached out to Oppo India for specifics regarding the issue and will update this piece as soon as we have some clarity.

In the meantime, social media is abuzz with storm, with some even urging the newly inducted chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath to look into the matter.

Chinese employee of @oppo at Noida torn off the Indian National Flag and dumped in dustbin. People have reached the site with Flags. pic.twitter.com/vLT1DjciAv - Rishi Muni (@RishiUvaach) March 28, 2017

"#Noida sec 63, A-154B, Oppo Mobile India's office employee disrespected NATIONAL FLAG, people protesting in anger," said one Vipin Sharma on Twitter.

Earlier in the year, online commerce website Amazon (Canada) was caught foot in mouth after doormats based on the Indian flag were found selling on the platform. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was quick to respond to a Twitter post with the said link, demanding Amazon Canada immediately remove the content and issue an unconditional apology for disrespecting the Indian flag.

This came after Atul Bhobe (@atulbhobe) from Navi Mumbai had tweeted a screenshot from Amazon Canada website showing many doormats available for sale on the platform having the Indian tri-colour as the base design.

Although not everything about the recent event involving Oppo is confirmed for now, incidents like these are certainly not new in the country. Global companies like Facebook have been involved in such issues, so have international singers like Chris Martin.

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