KUALA LUMPUR: A KK Mart convenience store in Bidor, Perak was believed to be the target of a molotov cocktail attack this morning.
The petrol bomb, which was thrown at the convenience store's Jalan Bruseh outlet, however landed in an empty area and failed to ignite.
Store employees reported the incident to the authorities, according to a report by a Chinese daily.
The New Straits Times has contacted Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri for comments and confirmation regarding the incident.
Previously, the convenience store chain was hit with calls for a boycott after images showing a pair of socks bearing the word 'Allah' were allegedly being sold at a KK Super Mart shop in Bandar Sunway.
The incident triggered a frenzied reaction among various quarters.
Earlier today, KK Mart Group founder and executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr Chai Kee Kan and his company director and wife Datin Seri Loh Siew Mui, both pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court with intentionally wounding the religious feelings of Muslims by displaying socks bearing the word "Allah" at its Bandar Sunway outlet.
They were charged with intentionally wounding the religious feelings of Muslims by displaying stockings printed with the word "Allah" on the sales shelves which was sighted by one, Riza Aryandi Nasution Sharif.
Federal police Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the case was being investigated under Section 298A of the Penal Code for issues related to religion, causing disharmony, disunity, or hatred, malicious intent, or detrimental to unity.
Chai and seven others were called up by the police to have their statements recorded on March 19.