By SPA
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian man has filed a 5 million ringgit (1.47 million dollars) negligence suit against two local companies and a major British retailer after discovering the chickens he bought were not slaughtered according to Islamic ritual, despite being labeled and certified as halal, DPA quoted a news report as saying Wednesday.
Zainuddin Mohamad Zin, 55, a civil servant in Kuala Lumpur, made the discovery a day after the purchase on October 29 last year when he was about to cook the chicken.
He claimed that two out of the three chickens did not have the standard markings of the Islamic prescribed ritual of slaughtering as the jugular veins and trachea of the chickens were not properly severed, the News Straits Times daily reported.
Unsatisfied with the replies from the suppliers and hypermarket, Zainuddin lodged a report with the department of Islamic Development.
He said that that a raid carried out by the religious officers weeks later confirmed that the chickens were not slaughtered according to Islamic rites.
In the suit filed at the High Court, Tuesday, Zainuddin named two local food suppliers and a major British hypermarket as defendants and is also seeking an injunction preventing the defendants from producing, distributing and marketing non-halal product and a public apology.