Costly coffin-sized rooms: Young tenants in Klang Valley get squeezed by sky-high rent rates


PETALING JAYA: A tweet of a coffin-sized room, rented at an insanely high price that went viral recently has sparked discussion among Malaysians, with some expressing their worries that the country might end up like Hong Kong.

The short tweet along with a picture of a small room enough to only fit a single-size mattress was posted online by Twitter user, Bunga, on Sunday (July 31).

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