Kuching police chief Ahsmon Bajah said the attack was reported by a 25-year-old man who worked at the outlet in Jalan Satok.

“The complainant said that a glass bottle filled with kerosene was thrown at some boxes placed on the five-foot-way of the shop,” he said in a statement, adding that the boxes caught fire.

KK Mart outlets in Bidor, Perak, and in Kuantan, Pahang, were attacked with petrol bombs last week, leading to the sultans of both states issuing strongly worded statements.

The petrol bomb thrown at the shop in Bidor on March 26 failed to explode. The attack in Kuantan on March 29 set several items on fire but the flames were immediately put out by KK Mart workers.

KK Mart has been mired in controversy since March 13 after socks with the word “Allah” were discovered at its Bandar Sunway outlet, sparking calls by Umno Youth for a nationwide boycott of the chain.

KK Mart’s founder and a director have since been charged with intentionally wounding the religious feelings of Muslims by selling the socks, while three officers of the vendor, Xin Jian Chang Sdn Bhd, were charged with abetment. All claimed trial.

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