Public toilets are becoming unsafe and easy target grounds for criminals

A sign pointing to a public toilet at a shopping mall in Ipoh. Many women have expressed fear of using public toilets after a 19-year-old schoolgirl was molested in one recently.

MALAYSIAN public toilets have long been lacking in cleanliness, with locals and tourists bemoaning the dirty and smelly conditions they discover at the loos.

To add injury to their reputation, the recent molestation of a 19-year-old schoolgirl at a shopping mall toilet in Ipoh has ignited discussion on how such public toilets are also unsafe and easy targeting grounds for criminals and sexual predators.