A police search at a factory alleged to be the producer of socks printed with the word Allah yielded only five pairs, which were the ones KK Mart previously returned from its outlet in Bandar Sunway, Selangor.

Batu Pahat district police chief Ismail Dollah said an examination of 18,000 pairs of socks in six large packages found at the factory revealed no other socks printed with the sacred word.

"The investigation discovered that this factory does not...