LETTER | We, Malaysians of all races and religions, totally reject Umno’s decision to support its youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh in his call to boycott KK Mart over the socks incident.
We feel that Umno has proposed excessive punishment bordering on bullying, extremism and political opportunism.
We uphold the investigation by the authorities – not Umno extremists - and await the outcome and punishment.
We accept the apologies KK Mart has made over the issue whether by their negligence or dereliction in displaying socks with the word Allah.
We honour the names of all the gods in our religions, including the sacred name of Allah.
We honour the values of all our religions in promoting forgiveness, compassion, tolerance and understanding.
We are extremely disappointed and disgusted with Umno who once saved our nation from a coalition of extremist politics.
We had high hopes for Umno to mend its ways of the past but now we doubt that it could be a good partner in our unity government, as envisioned by the previous Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.
Signed by
1. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
2. Tawfik Ismail
3. Teh Yik Koon
4. Md Razif Md Ali
5. ES Shankar
6. M Santhananaban
7. Dr KJ John
8. Erric Chew
9. Johan Ariffin
10. Siti Kasim
11. Lim Teck Ghee
12. Steven Fung
13. Deva Kunjari Sambanthan
14. James Chin
15. Anwar Fazal
16. Helen Yeap Poh Sim
17. Imraz Ikhbal
18. Charles A
19. Henry Joseph
20. Peter John Jaban
21. Robert Saweng
22. Harun Halim Rasip
23. Remy Majangkim
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