THERE has been a sharp rise in attacks on KK Marts in Malaysia. Besides the petrol bomb attacks, a viral video recently showed a man destroying a significant amount of products on offer in the mart.
The person who posted the video on the X platform said it is an act of barbarism, adding that it is barbaric to crush and destroy merchandise and food products just like that, urging the authorities to act on that.
Now, we have unscrupulous individual(s) going into KK Mart to crush and destroy merchandise and food products just like that.
This is not human being but act of a barbarian instigated by Umno Youth, may be…..
So, whose fault ??!
Any authority to act on it ??! pic.twitter.com/l2vf4gV8jx— Teoh Paik Leong (@TeohPaikLeong) March 30, 2024
The dispute against the retail brand began over socks with Allah printed on them sold at KK Mart. This sparked calls for a boycott from the UMNO Youth Chief Dr Akmal Salleh.
The store’s founders and three vendors were charged, yet two stores were firebombed. Dr Akmal condemned the violence, urging a peaceful but persistent boycott approach.
In addition to this, X users who are pro-unity government are stating that the customer’s action of crushing chocolate bars and other products as a sign of boycott is not part of the teachings of Islam.
A prominent X user says that behaving in such a way can make others view Malaysian Muslims in a less favourable light.
Maaf kepada non muslim, kami malu ada orang ber perangai mcm ni. Akhlak islam bukan sebegini.
Wahai org islam, Kena jaga maruah Islam, jangan sampai Islam dilihat dan dinilai sebagai agama yang ganas dan melahirkan ramai golongan Islamophobia.
Ini penting di dalam dakwah Islam.— CIKY🅰️NIE (@lady_bugg11) March 30, 2024
Some users are saying the owners of the particular mart should check their CCTV recordings to locate the culprit.
Cctv kan ada , check laa siapa, cctv kk mart power gila babi kot kau pergi counter dia da siap snap gmbar muka. Jumpa budak ni kau humban laa masuk jail.
— NiHaa Iwan (@IWANJELA) March 30, 2024
Others claim that the person who destroyed these items simply did it for their own views. X users claim that with the internet, some people are willing to do strange things for content. This could also be one of these people. – March 31, 2024
ni semua lebih kepada nak dapatkan view konten je ni, susah kalau dah mindset nak view je
— Bang Jimm (@BangJimmmmm) March 30, 2024
