UMNO youth chief condemns KK Mart Molotov attack, insists on boycott

UMNO youth chief Akmal Saleh has condemned the molotov cocktail attacks on KK Mart outlets. In a short statement posted on Facebook, Akmal called for an investigation into the attacks. 

He said that he strongly condemns acts of violence and hopes that an immediate investigation can be conducted, and the perpetrators be heavily punished regardless of their affiliations.

He added that an investigation should be done first before blaming any parties for the incident that took place.

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That said, Akmal continued by insisting that the boycott of KK Mart should go on and that they should persist with it. 

Thus far, there have been two molotov cocktail attacks at KK Mart outlets across the country. The first was at the convenience store's Bidor, Perak branch on the 27 March while the second was at a Sungai Isap, Kuantan, Padang branch on 30 March. 

The attacks came amidst anger over the sale of socks with the word "Allah" embroidered on them. Images of the socks first went viral on 13 March.

KK Mart issued an apology on Facebook and put up apology notes at KK Mart outlets nationwide.

Despite the apology, Akmal has vowed to continue calling for boycott.

Speaking to reporters at the Simpang Tiga mosque in March, he reportedly said that the call to boycott has nothing to do with gaining political mileage but was to defend Islam against insult. 

He reportedly added that KK Mart's apology was insufficient and that no party should get away with a single apology for insulting religion. 

"This is not a political question, this is a much more important question which is to defend the purity of our religion, race and homeland," said Akmal in a Facebook post. "This is our time to defend our religion together."

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