“Allah Socks” furore is looking more like wilful sabotage of KK’s business

Murray Hunter


Number 10 2024: “Allah Socks” furore is looking more like wilful sabotage of KK’s business

Dirty warfare against Malaysian businesses

Dec 20, 2024





This is the first article of my annual top 10 countdown. In previous years some articles reached 35-40K reads. However, Murray Hunter Substack has been blocked and under attack by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to suppress our exposes of corruption. This year a number of guest writers made the Top 10. Hopefully this has brought more diversity to this site. Look forward to you all following Murray Hunter Substack next year. There are now very few sights on Malaysian affairs that give alternative views these days.


This was posted on March 15 during the controversy that showed how extremism from the government side was allowed to flourish freely in society.

Over the last week a furore has developed with great anger being shown towards KK Super Mart chain. Even the king has demanded serious action be taken against the culprit(s), who allowed socks with the word “Allah” embossed upon them being sold throughout its stores.

To date, 14 pairs of “Allah” embossed socks have been found in 3 stores. In Chinese mass-production systems, it would be extremely unlikely that such a mistake would happen. Its also unlikely KK looking for the sales of mass products would specifically specify limited quantities be printed with differing logos.

The word “Allah” is an extremely important word for Muslims, and if used inappropriately, would lead to the type of anger and hate that has been scene over the past week.

KK Super Mart management are fearful to say these pairs of socks were planted in their stores. Be saying the socks were planted could backfire and lead to even more controversy. However, there are signs and indications that this is exactly what happened to KK Super Mart. An evil intended act to sabotage the company, either by someone at the supplier level, insiders at KK Super Mart, or a visitor from outside planting them on the shelves.

This is not a new type of warfare against manufacturers and retailers. Many foods have been spiked with poisons, ground up glass, or sharp objects over the years. Now we are possibly seeing this type of sabotage being carried out in Malaysia.

It was just too convenient that the socks were found and posted on social media, which was the weapon used to attack the reputation of KK Super Mart. The creation of the false brand was something evil a party planned and executed to deliberately hurt a corporation.

Why isn’t the professional PDRM not looking at this explanation?

The fact that no one in the media and no one within KK Super Market is brave enough to explore this hypothesis, indicates have far the concept of ‘fairness’ has fallen in Madani Malaysia today.