KUALA LUMPUR: KK Super Mart & Superstore Sdn Bhd (KK Super Mart) has filed a lawsuit against Xin Jian Chang Sdn Bhd for allegedly sabotaging its business by supplying socks bearing the word 'Allah'.
The suit was filed at the Shah Alam High Court today by naming the company and its director Soh Chin Huat as the defendants.
KK Super Mart as the sole plaintiff claimed the defendants had at no time informed or notified them by description or otherwise that the barcode used for sale at the plaintiff's premises would be socks with the description 'Allah'.
The plaintiff contended that it would certainly not allow the sale of the impugned items as it would be in breach of the contract and against the law.
The plaintiff claimed the defendant negligently or recklessly allowed the socks to be placed at plaintiff's Bandar Sunway outlet, thereby causing loss to the latter.
"The defendants' predominant purpose for unlawfully interfering with the plaintiff's business was to destroy the plaintiff's good name and reputation in the business world and to ensure that the plaintiff's plan for a proposed listing of KK Mart by way of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) would not take place.
"The defendants had caused to sabotage of the plaintiff's lawful business.
"As the direct result, there was a public boycott of the plaintiff's outlets nationwide, numerous hate messages against the brand, threats of violence, negative social comments and post by hundreds of thousands of people.
"This had caused the plaintiff to be unable to reasonably conduct business in Malaysia and has suffered irretrievable harm, loss and damage," it claimed.
The company wanted the court to assess the actual loss for its loss of profits from its average business income of RM1.5 million a week.
It also claming RM10.5 million for the damage caused to its brand name and goodwill in the market as well as RM20.3 million caused by the aborted proposed listing (IPO) on the stock exchange.
