The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has clarified that there is no misspelling of ‘Malaysia’ in its new halal logo.

Commenting on a report in Utusan Malaysia yesterday that Malaysia had been misspelled in jawi in the logo, Jakim said in a statement today that the spelling of ‘Malaysia’ in the logo was in Arabic and not in jawi as implied by the report.

Jakim said it registered the logo as a certification mark with the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation under the Trade Marks Act 1976.

The existing Malaysian ‘halal’ logo was registered in 2001 with a feature of pointed stars in the middle of a circle and two small five-pointed stars to distinguish the Roman script from the Arabic word.

- Bernama