With operations in Brunei, China, Nepal, and India, the KK Group
also manufactures its own skincare, body care, hair care, and toiletry
products. Not only the founder has been the president of the Kuala
Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall since 2015, he is also the vice president
of the Malaysian Retail Chain Association (MRCA) since 2016 and vice
president of the Malaysia-Moroccan Business Association since 2019.
As a certified chartered accountant of the Chartered Institute &
Management Accountant (CIMA) and Malaysia Institute of Accountants
(MIA), he knew exactly what to do when a branch of his convenience store
was discovered to be selling socks with the Arabic inscription of Allah
on them. The founder promptly and decisively apologized, urging consumers not to boycott his brand.
In fact, KK Super Mart has pro-actively checked all
its outlets and admitted that the product was being sold at KK Super
Mart, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya and two other branches – and quickly
withdrew them. The simple fact that it was not sold in all the chain
stores was the clearest proof that it was a mistake when the socks were
distributed by one of its vendors.
Get real, as a businessman
and a chartered accountant, it would be extremely dumb to provoke the
hyper sensitive Malay-Muslims with such product. It also doesn’t make
business sense that it was only sold in three branches if the intention
was to insult the Malay and Islam. The profit from the socks does not
commensurate with the risk even if it was sold nationwide, let alone in
just 3 stores.
Born and grew up in Sarawak, the Borneo state where its 27 ethnic
groups live together harmoniously, KK Chai has underestimated the
capability of the Malay nationalist party in playing up race and religious politics.
His apology was interpreted as weakness by the anti-Chinese UMNO Youth,
who has been hunting for issues that could be capitalized and twisted
to make him a Malay champion.
Having failed to win a parliamentary seat in the 13th General
Election in 2018, the same election that saw UMNO-led Barisan Nasional
ruling government lost power for the first time after 60 years, Akmal
was downgraded to
contest in the Melaka state election in 2021. Since he became UMNO Youth
Chief in 2023, he has made it his personal mission to bash Malaysian
Chinese every second.
He
had previously condemned Anwar government’s allocation of RM15.7
million for 63 Chinese independent schools, but kept silent over a
whopping RM150 million for Islamic “tahfiz and pondok schools”. He had
opposed a proposal for Chinese New Villages to be recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Site, spinning that it had offended the sensitivities of the Malays.
The racist had even called for Tiong King Sing to be sacked for declaring “bak kut teh”
as national heritage food, only to be lectured by the Tourism, Arts,
and Culture Minister that the traditional Chinese herbs and spices can
be boiled with any types of meat – not necessarily pork. After being
humiliated by the no-nonsense Sarawakian Tiong, the UMNO scumbag moved
to another issue with tail between legs.
The moron then demanded the abolishment of vernacular schools,
despite the fact that the Federal Court has ruled that the Chinese and
Tamil schools are both constitutional and legal, and are protected under
the Federal Constitution. The evil intention of desperado Akmal, who is
unknown and unpopular in the Malay community, is obviously to fast
track himself as a Malay champion.
