Let the law and courts handle socks issue

MY worries were confirmed when I read a report about a petrol bomb that was thrown at a KK Mart convenience store in Bidor, Perak, on Tuesday – presumably in reaction to the controversy over the chain selling socks printed with the word “Allah” on them (“Molotov cocktail thrown at KK Super Mart outlet in Perak”,

The Star, March 26; online at tinyurl.com/vnwhxz39). Luckily, the bomb did not explode.

As rightly said by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, there should not be any compromise on issues threatening national harmony, and that matters have to be tackled according to the law and not by some quarters taking action into their own hands.

Let us be rational in our doings and not escalate this sensitive issue.

The founder and group executive chairman of KK Mart and his wife have been charged in court, along with the management of the socks vendor, so let’s give due process time to deal with this matter.

DATUK WEE BENG GEE

Petaling Jaya