Giant Hypermarket has denied the claim that Israeli products were being sold in its outlets.

An anti-Israel NGO — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Malaysia — recently claimed that Giant has been selling pants from an Israeli brand.

A spokesperson from Giant Hypermarket Retail, when contacted, told FMT that the pants “were actually imported from China”.

“We regret any sensitivity regarding this issue,” the spokesperson said.

A sales assistant at a Giant outlet that FMT visited said the brand was no longer for sale and would be returned to the supplier today.

BDS Malaysia’s chairman, Mohd Nazari Ismail, had recently threatened Giant with a nationwide boycott if it didn’t remove the product from its outlets.

This was not the first time that BDS Malaysia has called for a boycott over Israel-linked products sold in Malaysia.

In September last year, it urged Sime Darby to stop selling Caterpillar construction machinery and Hyundai vehicles, with the claim that equipment from both brands had been used by Israel in the demolition of Palestinian homes at the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.