( CNN ) -- Urine and feces have been a hot topic among Hong Kongers the past week , leading to Chinese netizens calling for a boycott of Hong Kong on June 1 . It all began with a dispute between locals and Chinese mainland tourists over a toddler who reportedly answered the call of nature on a Hong Kong street . Videos of the clash went viral over the last week , stirring online uproar in both Hong Kong and the mainland , prompting Foreign Policy to brand the incident `` bladdergate . '' Several video clips capturing the alleged event have spread around the Internet . In one , seen by CNN , A Hong Konger can be seen yelling `` We have called the police , '' while the enraged father asks , `` Do you have kids ? Do n't your kids need to pee ? '' The mother claimed not to know where the toilets were . Some locals came out in the parents ' defense , saying , `` Do n't scare the kid . It 's not a big deal . '' The fiasco ends when the police arrive . The parents were arrested on suspicion of theft and assault , but were not charged . Under Hong Kong 's Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances Regulation , no person in care or custody of any child under 12 years of age shall permit , without reasonable cause , such child to answer the call of nature in public places . The man was released unconditionally while the woman was released on bail and has to report back to the police in mid-May . The boycott pledge . When news of the clash hit the Internet , many Chinese netizens called out Hong Kongers for their perceived lack of empathy and for filming the urinating toddler . Hong Kongers countered that it was uncivilized for Chinese parents to let their kids urinate on the street . One Chinese netizen on a popular Chinese forum , Tianya , pledged to boycott Hong Kong from June 1 . `` If us , the mainlanders , stopped traveling to Hong Kong for months , they will come begging us to go back , '' he said in his declaration . `` We are not entirely sealing off Hong Kong but just to show them we are god as we are the consumers . '' Some netizens agreed with the action while some said it might be a conspiracy to stir conflicts between the two parties as Hong Kong 2017 's universal suffrage 's public consultation is on the way . Hong Kong has been fighting for a universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017 , which has in the past been chosen by a small group of elites and said to be influenced by the Chinese government . On the other hand , similarly irritated Hong Kong netizens were thrilled at the prospect of a boycott . `` Who cares for your money , you who think shopping is an act of charity , '' said one commenter on Apple Daily , a local news website . `` Remember to keep your promise and never come to Hong Kong again . '' Another said , `` It 's the first movement both Hong Kong and China support ! '' Mass urination ? The fiasco has escalated to another , smellier level . Another pledge on the same forum was posted under the heading `` Declare war on Hong Kong 's civilization ! '' The poster asks Chinese tourists to let their children relieve themselves on the streets of Hong Kong during the upcoming Labour Day holiday , which spans a week from May 1 . Hong Kong netizens called for a photography competition on Facebook in response , telling locals to take photos as evidence if toddlers are seen relieving themselves in public places . Sohu , a popular online news outlet and platform in China , even conducted a survey on the incident , asking : `` A mainland toddler spotted urinating on the street of Hong Kong was reported to the police . What do you think ? '' Out of more than 260,000 responses , about 40 % said they consider it a prejudice against mainlanders by Hong Kongers . Another 40 % thought it 's understandable that a child would urinate on the street if there 's a line of people outside the washroom . Global Times , a tabloid owned by the state news media People 's Daily , quoted academics on the case . `` Some Hong Kong citizens , especially the young , have no cultural identification with the mainland and they have always seen mainlanders as uncivilized people , '' said Zhu Shihai , a professor from the Central Institute of Socialism , in the Global Times . Zhu dismissed the incident , saying Hong Kongers were being `` overdramatic , in this case . '' Zhang Dinghuai , a professor at the Contemporary Chinese Politics Research Institute of Shenzhen University , told the Global Times that people with vicious intentions have deliberately upgraded a simple incident into a conflict .
Clash between Hong Kongers and Chinese tourists after Chinese toddler filmed urinating on street . Angered Chinese netizens call for a boycott of Hong Kong on June 1 . Other Chinese calling on parents to let their children relieve themselves in public en masse in response to the outcry .