An Umno Youth exco has urged the boycott of both the Low Yat Plaza and Kota Raya shopping complexes following a brawl which occurred last Saturday.
Armand Azha Abu Hanifah suggested that consumers should instead opt for Mara Digital in buying electronic goods.
“I think it’s better that we go to Mara Digital as it is safer for consumers, insyaAllah,” he said in a Facebook posting.
He also did not agree with the arrest of Mohd Ali Baharom, better known as Ali Tinju, after last week's demonstration calling for a boycott of traders at the Kota Raya complex.
Police, said Armand, should instead focus on alleged fraud committed by traders against consumers.
“The authorities should take stern action not only to the workers but the company in question as well as the management of the Kota Raya complex for allowing elements of gangsterism in business conduct,” he said.
Ali had led the protest after a customer claimed he was locked up by a trader for four hours after he refused to buy several mobile telephones.
The customer claimed the trader insisted he pay RM10,000 for four mobile phones even though he was originally quoted a price of RM800 in total. He said he was released after he paid RM5,000.
On Saturday, a brawl broke out at the Kota Raya complex purportedly between dissatisfied customers and traders, which raised fears of a repeat of the racially tinged Low Yat Plaza incident in July.
Ali, however, denied involvement in the brawl.
Following the Low Yat Plaza incident, Rural and Regional Development Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob proposed the setting up of the fully bumiputera-operated Mara Digital electronics goods mall.
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ARMAND MUST SHOW PROOF THAT CHINESE TRADERS ARE THE ONLY ONES CHEATING CUSTOMERS. MALAYS WHO BOUGHT SMALL ITEM LIKE MOUSE IN MARA RECENTLY WERE CHARGED 15% HIGHER THAN THOSE IN LOW YAT. SO WHY IS IT OKAY FOR MALAYS TO CHEAT MALAYS? PEOPLE LIKE ARMAND ARE THE ROOT OF RACIAL DISHARMONY IN MALAYSIA.
DO NOT BLAME THE CHINESE IF THE MALAY ARE STUPID AND LAZY IN NOT DOING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
BUSINESS BY THE MALAYS CANNOT LAST MORE THAN 18 MONTHS WITHOUT HELP FROM GOVERNMENT AND PARIAH MALAYS.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FAILURE IN BUSINESS ARE THE MALAYS.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BANKRUPT IN BUSINESS ARE THE MALAYS.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CROOKS IN MALAYSIA ARE THE MALAYS. ONE GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA.
THE MOST VIOLENCE MAN IN MALAYSIA IS THE DEPUTY PRIME MINSTER .
THE MOST SICKENING WOMAN IN MALAYSIA WHO IS ALSO A MURDERER IS ROSMAH MANSOR.
SO YOU SEE THE MALAYS ARE THE CAUSE OF ALL EVIL IN MALAYSIA.