KUALA LUMPUR: Alliance for Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye has called on the public not to take the law into their own hands following another case of a firebomb attack on a KK Mart convenience store in Kuantan.
Lee said even if the issue has created an uproar, it should be left for the authorities to conduct the necessary investigation and let the due process of law take its course.
"The very fact that a Molotov cocktail is thrown into a shop is unacceptable.
"It's a form of violence and we must not condone any form of violence in our multiracial country."
The former Bukit Bintang member of parliament and renowned social activist l also called for the authorities to act without fear or favour regarding the issue.
"Anyone who breaks the law and carries out incitement and instigation, the police must act very firmly irrespective of their political affiliations and their status in the community.
"As far as the public is concerned, the law must be enforced," he said.
Lee added that all quarters must stop the polemic and respect the law, particularly at a time when the country is trying to restart the economy.
"We must stop all these polemics, we also must not let it prolong with more incitement.
"This is the time when the country is trying to restart the economy, we are working to build the economy and we are hoping for more investment. It requires everyone not to fan the flames of the issue and not let any kind of violence happen."
Yesterday, A KK Mart convenience store in Kuantan was hit with a molotov cocktail attack.
The shop has only been in operation for two weeks.
This marked the second time in four days that a KK Mart has been hit with a firebomb attack.
On March 26, a KK Mart convenience store in Jalan Bruseh, Bidor, Perak was hit with a petrol bomb.
However, it landed in an empty area and failed to ignite.
The slew of attacks on the convenience store chain came after images showing a pair of socks bearing the word "Allah" allegedly being sold at a KK Mart shop in Bandar Sunway surfaced on March 13.
KK Mart Group founder and executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr K.K. Chai, in an immediate response, issued a public apology.
The authorities have taken action, including seizing the socks and charging Chai and his wife, a company director, for "wounding religious feelings" over the incident.
They have pleaded not guilty.
