Despite the “final warning” from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for all quarters to refrain from playing up the controversial “Allah” socks issue, Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh seems bent on standing his ground on the matter.

Asked by Malaysiakini whether he would heed the king’s decree, as well as the Umno leadership’s call for him to turn down the heat on the issue, Akmal asked: “Did the king ask to stop the boycott?”