PETALING JAYA: The toilets at SMK Taman Sri Muda are being fixed, says Kota Kemuning assemblyman Preakas Sampunathan.
Commenting following a viral social media post by a person claiming to be a 16-year-old student of the school, he said that the repair works will address water supply issues.
The student tagged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the post urging action, as the toilets had no water for five to six months.
“I want to report my school toilets; there's no water for at least 5-6 months. It's so smelly I go back home to urinate,” the student wrote on Threads.
She also claimed that menstruating female students had to go home as the school toilets were dirty and had no water.
When contacted by The Star, Preakas said he had checked with the school.
“I was told the PIBG (Parent-Teacher Association) is repairing and the issue will be resolved by tomorrow (Aug 10),” he said.
The school said there is water supply but the pressure is low.
“Further, the district education office inspected the toilets yesterday (Aug 8),” he added.
In March, broken toilets at SK Long Jaafar in Kamunting, Perak were fixed within two days following a pupil's complaint to Anwar.
The pupil told Anwar during his visit to the Ramadan bazaar in Kamunting that two toilets were broken and two were usable on March 14.
