When Singaporeans drive to Johor Bahru (JB), hours of waiting in massive jams might cause their bladders to come close to bursting.
However, instead of heading to the toilets in the complex, two Singaporean men chose to relieve themselves in public, in separate incidents.
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Worse still, this reportedly took place at the customs building.
Both of them have been arrested by Malaysian authorities.
In a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday (13 May), a man can be seen seemingly urinating on the floor at the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex.
The building handles travellers entering and leaving JB from Woodlands Checkpoint.
Though he’s doing the deed behind a pillar, cars appeared to be moving around him.
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In fact, a car moved right past him to the left of the frame, centimetres away from the puddle of pee forming on the ground.
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In the video, another person audibly questioned the urinating man, who replied that he couldn’t hold it in any more.
The caption in the post scolds the man for having “no sense of shame” as there were people around.
It also claims that there’s a toilet just 100m away from where the man was peeing.
A number of netizens tagged Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi in the comments.
In a statement released on Facebook the same day, the JB South police HQ said they arrested two foreign men separately on Tuesday (13 June).
Police arrested the men, who are 48 and 68 years old but not known to each other, between 12.12am and 3.56am at the Sultan Iskandar CIQ complex.
Auxiliary policemen apparently witnessed them relieving themselves in public areas.
This is despite there being sufficient toilet facilities and signs directing the public to them.
The New Straits Times (NST) identified both the culprits as Singaporeans.
Their arrest was under Section 14 of Malaysia’s Minor Offences Act 1955 for behaving in an insulting manner, the police said.
If convicted, they face a fine of RM100 (S$29) each.
One of them was charged in court on Wednesday (14 June).
The other one is under investigation in accordance to Section 6(3) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, for entering the country without a valid pass.
Both men also underwent tests for drugs, and the results were negative.
On 10 May, Johor’s Works, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said they will install new, clearer signs to toilets at the Sultan Iskandar CIQ complex.
NST quoted him as saying that there are sufficient public toilets on the premises.
Though motorists should ideally not leave their vehicles, those who can’t hold it in should use the toilets and refrain from doing it just “anywhere”, he added.
Embarrassingly for Singaporeans, the two men aren’t the first ones the authorities have caught urinating inappropriately at the JB customs.
On 8 May, a woman urinated behind a closed counter at the Sultan Iskandar CIQ complex.
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Days later, a man relieved himself at an ablution area in the building — a place where Muslims cleanse themselves before prayers.
Police later detained the 69-year-old Singaporean under Section 295 of Malaysia’s penal code, which addresses the defiling of a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class.
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The authorities have investigated and closed the incident with no follow-ups required, MFA said.
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