KUCHING, April 1 — The police in Sarawak are tracking down a suspect behind the Molotov cocktail thrown at the KK Mart convenience store along Jalan Satok early yesterday morning.
Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata, when contacted by Bernama, said the incident happened at 1am and had caused a small fire on the store’s sidewalk.
Meanwhile, Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said his team received a report from the 25-year-old male employee of the convenience store yesterday.
“The public is reminded not to act outside the bounds of the law in this matter and to give space to the existing legal process,” he said in a statement today.
Ahsmon urged anyone with information about the incident to contact the investigating officer Sergeant Ceremina Nasim at 013-8554168 or contact the nearest police station.
The case is now being investigated under Section 435 of the Penal Code, which provides for a prison sentence of up to seven years and a fine.
This incident in Sarawak makes it the third one involving KK Mart stores following the controversy over the sale of socks containing the word ‘Allah’ printed on them.
On March 26, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a KK Mart store in Bidor, Perak, at 5am.
The second incident happened on March 30 at the KK Super Mart Sungai Isap, Kuantan in Pahang, at 5.40am.
— Bernama
