The recent acts of vandalism on facilities of the newly-launched Phase 2 of the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line has spurred action from the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) – the company said it is working with operator Rapid Rail to find a way to fix the issue, according to The Sun.
Director of strategic communications and stakeholder relations Datuk Najmuddin Abdullah also urged Malaysians to be more civic conscious and take better care of public property, because the company would otherwise have to waste unnecessary funds and time on repairs.
“Everyone should be proud of this new facility and should play their part in looking after the facilities. Use them carefully and think of the next person who has to use them,” he said, adding that there are ongoing investigations to identify the suspects involved in the incidents, as well as the cost of the damages.
Najmuddin previously posted on Facebook about his disappointment regarding the vandalised facilities at the Merdeka, Bukit Bintang and Maluri stations, saying, “So many scratches on benches and walls. Damages in toilets – a toilet in an OKU [bathroom] was broken two days ago.”
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Xde moral langsung, x blajar moral.
JPJ director can use emergency lane, and normal people can’t vandal? Come on!
So what? Dah kena saman. Makes no diff if hes jpj director or a basher caveman. Still saman no problemo.
Diorang wayang kulit jer. Dun belips.
If belum saman, u say wun saman one.
If tengah saman, u say wayang onli.
If sudah saman, u say small money.
Winliaolor!
We can learn from our neighbor… put CCTVs everywhere. Catch these culprits… have police patrol with free access to the trains.
There is a name for those vandalize public properties… sampah masyarakat.
If need CCTV baru mau behave, better jadi lembu then human. No wonder some of our neighbor when come here become worse. CCTV is just a method to penalize these people, bad attitude is the problem.
What do u expect when 1st class facilities constructed in a 3rd world country… just read all the comments in this blog u already know how their mentality are.
In 2020, another 3 year Malaysia will become developed, high income nation. Majority population then transform become civilised, 1st class citizens…so just take it easy MRT Corp. Cheers
The economy may well be 1st class, the facilities may well be 1st class, the GDP may well be 1st class, but the mentality is still stuck in 3rd class. Then again, world economics dun measure mentality…
john’s enlightened at last. U agree pipu need to Ubah to be better. hidup rakyat!
Do like in tongsanoverlordland, make them wash toilet for 100hrs each offence, or just put them into gibbets and hang em over the waiting platforms for 10hrs.
It is very sad to hear that we have 1st class facilities but 3rd class mentality people using LRT/MRT.
I hope whoever does these acts get caught and is hit with either jail time or a massive fine
Did Najmuddin think that here people will behave like Singaporeans when taking the MRT?
Our former PM stated the obvious before ‘first class infrastructure, third class mentality’
Today on radio, it was stated that the ones who damage have a mental disorder. That of course is just the tip of the iceberg.
MRT Corp should have known that this would happen as any right thinking people would and should not act surprised or disappointed as ‘that is the way of life here’ Those who did it feel they are above the law as no action will be taken as they are led to believe…
A fish rots from the head down.
But a human rots from the heart.
bad people a reflection of the leaders of the country
U do realise much of MRT is located in Slgr state? So meaning it reflects on state leadership?
Nope.. It’s the other way around.. Bad leaders are a reflection of the people that live in this country. People like you.
Takpe.. janji milik orang kiter…
It is a shame that some of us Malaysians are still savages.
CCTV. And fool proof toilet. Clearly those designing and engineering had never went to public toilet for the masses.
Vandalism is done by youths. The problem is, people have families that are so large. Like the recent family in the news with 12 kids. So, with 12 kids, how do you give guidance and attention to all 12 kids when both parents are working?
This is why the youths don’t get attention and go about vandalising things.
people in malaysia have 3rd world mentality, what do you expect?…
Vandalism? More like due to lousy workmanship and materials used by incompetent contractors.
How does workmanship and materials account for deep scratches on bench surface? Pipu wear durian skins on their buttocks kah?
No proof wht so ever. No video of vandals or anyone being caught. Catch em if u can. Other wise ur vandal excuse wont justify ur publicly funded GLC fat paycheck. Perhaps sprm or national auditors can pay em a visit.
So ur saying just cuz a bank has lotsa money and then a robbery happen which wasnt recorded cuz insufficient CCTV, so ini mesti salah bank for not having sufficient cameras and not salah robbers kah? Such fine logic there.
This is that kind of people dunno how to appreciate public property….whatever leader or politic party u support plz don’t be like monkey…please be matured and be civilized citizen.
Please catch these people and make them carry out compulsory social service such as cleaning our dirty street on top of heavy fine. Same should apply to those who litter.
Some of the stations dont even have rubbish bin. Sadly Malaysian will eventually dump rubbish around. Patrols should also be increase at station and in train or CCTV should highlight real culprit in action doing the vandalism… Other passengers should also be playing the role of advising the other passengers who is a bit jakun of all this new techs.
No human can change a bullshit savage mind. And if child nowadays never being thoroughly educated and change their mindset, it will not stop.
Not condoning vandals but its easy to blame vandalism rather than poor workmanship. Public facilities should be robust enough to handle the crowd. For something that cost 21bil, it better be. But like all construction projects, workmanship is always the main reason for defects.
that a clear cut vandal not poor workmanship..conteng dinding is not poor workmanship.
Kids climbing Rukunnegara wall is bad workmanship? What a fool.
Loose piping n tiles is work of vandals? Easily scratched bench n chipped walls is work of vandals? U r right. The culprit are the dedak eating contractors. Max profiteering, cheap materials, unskilled slave labor, lousy supervision etc. Why so fragile? Its a public facility not a museum artifact.
Misuse of anything will lead to early destruction and other consequences. Try to misuse a gun and see what happens.
surveillance camera all over the places with immediate task force standby + death penalties for those who caught doing it = sure work one! question is do or no do. if do, do now.
That would raise its upkeep monthly. While its getting costlier and costlier, it still doesn’t guarantee that the activity of vandalizing would stop. It should be us, the people that need to change without costing others. Stop depending on technology solely as it wont do any good besides capturing the vandalizers visual.
This is Malaysian, when its built for the people, people vandalized it. When it ruins, says the facility weren’t taken care off and not efficient. This will never stop, do anything also, it cannot be stop. This is reality, and its disappointing. Even our neighbors were more civilized than us. Shame
Msian have to change.. ini kali lah.. no point high tech facilities but still have this kind of mentality..
Put police with machine guns there
Guns use bullets which waste money. Samurai sword is better choice. Chop! Chop!
Machine guns with mental problem
I think the main cause of this vandalism behaviour is that majority of Malaysian consumes too much belacan.
Theori dukun coconut ke?
IMPOSE A HEAVIER PUNISHMENT to those being caught.
It will never solve the problem when police / security still carrying this mindset “Okay, lepaskan u kali ni, no next time”.
Looking at the mentality of these people, I would totally support and agree if our govt decided to abolish school cleaners and make school pupils themselves clean their own school and wash toilet, like Japan. Then only they can truthfully understand and learn the hard way.
oh just get used to it…this is the culture here
If you don’t like the “gift from PM” don’t ride the MRT…la why go and vandalize our gift from PM ?
We will never be a developed country if this continues. It should start with education!
MRT seems to be very ignorant about vandalism in public facilities. Yet you didn’t take these measure that into your design consideration. If you did, someone would be caught and call a press conference to report of the culprit in public and put him behind bars. Then you see who next brave person/monkey, to join him.
Sorry to say to teach monkeys mentality people to behave like civilized humans are a waste time. They are supposed to be the cage bars not out in public places to wander around.
i think foreigner doing this vandalism