UMNO is Using Youth Wing To Bully Chinese And Play Race & Religious Cards

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Stop exploiting socks issue, Mydin boss urges Akmal

PETALING JAYA: Mydin hypermarket boss Ameer Ali Mydin has urged Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh to stop exploiting the “Allah” socks issue for political mileage.

“Why is he still kicking up a fuss?,” Ameer Ali Mydin told FMT.

“Political parties should distance themselves from 3R (race, royalty and religion) issues and we should not pour oil on the flames.”

He said Akmal’s campaign for a public boycott of KK Mart, despite the chain having issued an apology, would affect investor confidence and the livelihoods of the workers, a majority of whom were Malay-Muslims.

“Both KK Mart and the vendor have apologised. What else do you expect them to do?” Ameer said.

Ameer, who is president of the Bumiputera Retailers Association, acknowledged that the issue was a serious matter.

However, he said, there was no need for the issue to be escalated, especially by those who were seeking to benefit from it politically.

Ameer is the latest to take Akmal to task over his conduct in this matter.

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