KUALA LUMPUR – KFC has reduced its operations in Malaysia, shuttering more than 100 restaurants temporarily after months of a persistent pro-Palestine boycott of US-linked businesses triggered by the ongoing war in Gaza. QSR Brands, which owns and operates the KFC...
Empty boxes and a deserted shop lot are all of what remains of a former thriving KFC outlet in Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur.KUALA LUMPUR – KFC has reduced its operations in Malaysia , shuttering more than 100 restaurants temporarily after months of a persistent pro- Palestine boycott of US-linked businesses triggered by the ongoing war in Gaza .
A source in QSR who declined to be named, told The Straits Times the number is likely to be much larger than the 108 stores. “KFC is not on the BDS list of targeted companies. But many Malaysians see any American fast food operator to be related to Israel including KFC,” Professor Mohd Nazari Ismail, chairman of pro-Palestinian group Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Malaysia, told ST.
QSR also operates KFC restaurants in Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia, as well as more than 480 Pizza Hut stores in Malaysia and Singapore.
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