Shoplot in KL with 78 shoebox rooms raided

A grave issue: Members of the Fire and Rescue Department checking and measuring the size of a shoebox room which is not a lot bigger than the size of a cage or coffin.

KUALA LUMPUR: The state of shoebox rooms being rented out at a shoplot in Taman Maluri, Cheras, was shocking, even for the seasoned enforcement officers.The four-storey building, with its ground floor serving as a shop, had three upper levels partitioned into 78 shoebox rooms.

The first floor alone contained 38 of these shoebox rooms, with 23 rooms on the second floor and 17 on the third floor.