Local media reported that KK Mart had suspended all enterprise dealings with ham and cheese sandwich provider, Shake and Bake Cafe, and had stopped supplying its sandwiches to all of its shops.
“Only 16 KK Concept Stores promote this product,” it stated in a press release Monday.
The retail chain additionally informed the media that it despatched a requirement letter to Shake and Bake Cafe on Friday by way of its authorized staff and filed a police report the following day.
“Shake and Bake Cafe Sdn Bhd has supplied a halal certificates for the hen ham and cheese layers for our reference… the (halal) labeling was completed by Shake and Bake Cafe,” he stated.
KK Mart additionally stated it was conscious of a raid performed final Friday on the Shake and Bake Cafe manufacturing unit by the Department of Islamic Development and the Ministry of Internal Trade and Cost of Living and expressed willingness to totally cooperate with the authorities .
“To safeguard the belief and security of our clients, full cooperation can be supplied to make sure that strict motion is taken towards any get together that undermines the belief and well-being of our clients,” he stated, as quoted by Free Malaysia Today.
CONTROVERSY OVER KK MART “ALLAH” SOCKS.
Malay National Organization (UMNO) youth chief Muhammad Akmal Saleh on Sunday accused KK Mart of deceptive shoppers with its ham and cheese sandwich, urging the police and related businesses to take motion.
“This shouldn’t be the primary time this has occurred, now we have had sufficient of those insults to our faith,” he stated in a video posted on his social media web page, referring to a different incident involving the comfort retailer.
“The previous wounds associated to the ‘Allah’ socks controversy have but to heal.”
In March final 12 months, socks with the phrase “Allah” had been discovered to be bought in a number of KK Mart shops throughout the holy month of Ramadan.
Photographs of the offending merchandise went viral on-line and sparked backlash from netizens and outstanding public figures, with some, together with Akmal Saleh, calling for a boycott of KK Super Mart.
Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar was amongst those that referred to as for robust motion on the socks.
KK Mart apologized for promoting the socks in a Facebook put up on March 13, adopted by its founder with a press convention on March 16.
Inspections carried out by KK Super Mart at its 800 branches throughout the nation discovered that solely three shops stocked the socks, with 14 pairs with the phrase “Allah” on them.
Responding to Akmal’s newest feedback on the ham and cheese sandwich outrage, two leaders of the unity authorities events criticized him for politicizing the incident.
“Politicians mustn’t exploit such disputes to realize political beneficial properties, it will solely exacerbate divisions in society and fill the enterprise setting with hatred and instability,” Wee Jeck Seng, vice-president of the Malaysian Chinese Association, stated in a press release ( MCA). as quoted by Free Malaysia Today on Monday.
MCA is a part of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Wee added that disputes concerning faith or the halal certification of meals ought to be dealt with by the related skilled our bodies, reminiscent of Jakim.
Meanwhile, Democratic Action Party (DAP) youth chief Woo Kah Leong stated the incident was sensationalized by UMNO’s Akmal.
“Political leaders ought to work collectively to cut back the political temperatures that could be raised by those that intend to trigger divisions in our society,” he stated, as quoted by Free Malaysia Today.
Meanwhile, Jakim additionally suggested the general public to test the halal standing of meals merchandise utilizing the Malaysia Halal portal or the Verify Halal software, to substantiate that the merchandise they’re consuming have been licensed by the related authorities.
