KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 -- Mydin Mohamed Holdings Berhad (Mydin) managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin urged Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh to stop leveraging the "Allah" socks issue for political mileage at the expense of livelihoods.

Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported Ameer Ali saying that Akmal's call for a public boycott of KK Mart, despite the convenience store chain having apologised, would affect investor confidence and the livelihoods of the workers - the majority who are Malay Muslims.

He questioned the Merlimau assemblyman's rationale for his continued calls to denounce and protest against KK Mart.

"Political parties should distance themselves from 3R (race, religion and royalty) issues and we should not pour oil on...