PETALING JAYA: Politicians who continue to incite communal tensions should also face the brunt of the law, says the head of a bumiputra trade association after Umno leaders continue to call for a boycott of KK Super Mart due to the socks controversy.) pointed out that two social media users had since been swiftly prosecuted for making insensitive posts on the episode, where socks with the word “Allah” were printed, and politicians should not be exempted from legal action.
The retail chain has also put up the apology on large electronic signboards and on the screens of its cash register machines at all its outlets. Similarly, Lawyers for Liberty director Zaid Malek questioned whether politicians who continued to incite tensions over the controversy should get off scot-free.
“While one of the individuals was arrested, charged, and swiftly jailed, what action has been taken against the group that took the law into their own hands and committed several potential offences?” he said.