KUALA LUMPUR – Independent preacher Firdaus Wong Wai Hung today lodged six police reports over a death threat, as well as accusations of slander.
He said on Facebook that his six reports, which he lodged at the Wangsa Maju police station earlier today, were against five individuals.
“Done making six police reports against five individuals… as a start.
“One report about a death threat against me and my family members. Another report against threats to beat me, and the rest are reports about slander against me,” said the preacher, who was the first to reveal the sale of socks with the word “Allah” printed on them at a KK Mart.
Wong added that he was mulling defamation suits against those who have allegedly slandered him, in addition to lodging more police reports against others whom he did not specify.
He said he would not act “beyond the boundaries of Islam and the law”, and as such, would let the authorities investigate the threats against him.
Wong had earlier denied speculation that he had attempted to sabotage KK Mart using the controversial socks because he allegedly had a competitor called MyKampung Fresh Mart. He said his supermarket which opened in 2021 had since closed down.
Following Wong’s post of the offending socks on social media and the ensuing outcry from Muslims, KK Supermart & Superstore Sdn Bhd founder Datuk Seri Chai Kee Kan apologised profusely, blaming supplier Xin Jian Chang Sdn Bhd for including 14 pairs of the socks in its delivery of supplies to the convenience store chain.
Chai and his wife Datin Seri Loh Siew Mui, were charged in court yesterday for intentionally hurting religious sentiments. They are also suing supplier Xin Jian Chang.
Besides them, three directors of Xin Jian Chang Sdn Bhd were also charged with abetting Chai and Loh in the distribution of the controversial “Allah”-printed socks. – March 27, 2024