Malaysia’s King urges leaders to avoid ‘extreme views’, calls for unity before holidays amid ‘Allah’ socks row

Leaders from Chinese-majority DAP and UMNO have been at odds following the latter’s continued boycott of the supermarket chain where the socks were found.

Subsequent petrol bomb attacks on three KK Super Mart stores have raised public anger and put pressure on Anwar’s fragile coalition government.

UMNO’s youth chief Akmal Saleh, who led the outcry against the supermart, said he would “heed” the King’s advice in the interest of national harmony.

He did not specify if he would cease boycott calls.

Authorities have charged the owners of KK Mart for the transgression.

They are also investigating local shoe retailer Vern’s Holding Sdn., over a separate incident, whereby a logo on some of their soles was alleged to resemble the word “Allah” in Arabic script.