KK Mart controversy: Umno Youth chief receives death threat

 

Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh claimed that he received a death threat from an unknown person today. - NSTP/AMIR MAMAT

JASIN: Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh claimed that he received a death threat from an unknown person today.

In a video uploaded on Facebook, the Merlimau state assemblyman claimed he was alerted to the threat via a phone call while he was on his way to a programme in Lipat Kajang, here this morning.

"I received a phone call from someone, who claimed that he was concerned after hearing about a death threat against me.

"He claimed he was informed that if the Umno youth chief continued to open his mouth on the KK Mart issue, he would one day be shot.

"This person who called me showed that he was treating the threat seriously, and has lodged a report based on what he heard," he said.

Akmal said he will be lodging a police report at 5.30pm today for the sake of his and his family's safety.

"Don't worry, I won't budge an inch on my stand," he said, adding that he will remain resolute.

"Don't give up. Continue the boycott," he said.

Akmal, who is also Jasin Umno division chief, was among the most vocal critics of convenience store chain KK Mart, after allegations that socks bearing the word 'Allah' were found sold at its Bandar Sunway outlet.

On March 17, Umno Youth gave the KK Super Mart management two days to put up banners at all 881 branches of the convenience store nationwide to apologise for the sale of the controversial socks.

Akmal had warned that the wing would initiate a "stronger boycott" against KK Super Mart in the event the management of the convenience store failed to heed its demands.

The furore over the sale of the socks has sparked a number of ugly incidents nationwide.

Last week, a one minute-and-32 second video clip of several men confronting a KK Mart staff, purportedly in a Batu Pahat outlet, circulated on social media.

Today, a Chinese daily reported that a KK Mart convenience store in Taiping, Perak was believed to be the target of a molotov cocktail attack.

The petrol bomb, which was thrown at the convenience store's Jalan Mosi outlet, however landed in an empty area and failed to ignite.

Store employees reported the incident to the authorities. - NST