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#saronggate #Malaysia. At the JPJ or the Selayang Municipal Council: Will you be humiliated, too?
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4 incidents. More to come?
1st: JPJ
2nd: Selayang Municipal Council
3rd: Selangor State Secretariat
4th: Sg Buloh Hospital
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Star
Tuesday June 23, 2015 MYT 5:33:31 PM
No telling where dress code may be imposed next, says ‘towel dad’
PETALING JAYA: There’s no telling where a dress code may be imposed next, perhaps even by the roadside, said the father of the woman forced to cover her legs with a towel at the Sungai Buloh hospital.
“I don’t mind if the dress code was for offices or for official functions, but this is different as it is a public setting. They should not do this. It is illogical,” said the 52-year-old father who wished to be known as Annan.
“If they can impose such a ruling in a hospital then they can impose it by anywhere, even by the roadside,” said Annan, who wished to know the reason behind the dress code.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/06/23/towel-dad-dress-code-where-next/
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Is this an apology?
Hospital director Dr Khalid Ibrahim: We’re sorry but please dress decently.
Star
Tuesday June 23, 2015 MYT 1:04:38 PM
Hospital apologises over woman being denied entry for wearing shorts
PETALING JAYA: The Sungai Buloh Hospital has apologised over the incident of a woman who was allegedly barred from entering the compound because she was wearing shorts. Hospital director Dr Khalid Ibrahim said it is neither the Health Ministry nor hospital’s policy to stop anybody from going into the hospital based on their attire.
“We apologise for the incident. It shouldn’t have happened. We do not bar any visitors from entering the hospital because of what they are wearing. “However, we encourage the public to dress decently when visiting patients,” he told The Star when contacted on Tuesday.
Dr Khalid said there may have been some “miscommunication” involving the hospital guard, who allegedly barred the woman from entering the hospital. “We have lodged a complaint with the security guard company about the guard in question,” he said.
Woman in shorts claims barred entry at Sungai Buloh hospital
Woman in shorts claims she was barred entry at the Sungai Buloh hospital http://bit.ly/1RrREsN
In her Facebook post accessible to the public that is being shared on social media, the woman who goes by the moniker Nisha Daddygal said she was then forced to borrow a towel to cover up her legs before she was allowed to visit her father who had been warded there.
“The moment I reach the visitors gate they was few security guards stop me and say ‘you can’t go in because you’re wearing shorts’,” she wrote on June 21. “I have no choice my father need to go up to the wad and borrow patient towel and bring down for me to tie and close my half knees as the security guards request than [sic] only they let me to go in to visit the patients,” the woman said.
The incident took place on June 16, according to the woman’s Facebook post. … Malay Mail Online was not able to reach the woman directly through her Facebook post for verification but an authority at the Sungai Buloh Hospital later acknowledged the incident.
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The Star report missed out one incident.
Star
Tuesday June 23, 2015 MYT 11:51:21 AM
Third ‘sarong’ incident at Sungai Buloh hospital
A picture of a sign displaying the hospital’s dress code guidelines.
PETALING JAYA: A third “sarong” incident has been making waves on the internet. This time, a woman had to don a towel around her waist in order to enter a public hospital. The woman was reportedly stopped by security at Sungai Buloh hospital visitor’s gate on June 16 for wearing shorts.
The woman’s father then borrowed a patient’s towel from one of the hospital wards and brought it back outside for the woman to wrap around herself. The woman was allowed into the compound only after covering her knees with the borrowed towel.
It is believed that when questioned, the guards answered that the ruling was an instruction from the Health Ministry. Among the images circulated was one of the woman wearing a yellow towel standing in front of a sign which listed the hospital dress code.
Among the prohibited items of clothing are sleeveless tank tops, short shorts or short skirts. Long pants are allowed. The dress codes for both men and women are also available on the hospital’s website.
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Charles Santiago
Why are women’s legs being inspected? Why are security guards looking at women’s legs to begin with? Is this the new role for security guards?
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Malaysian Insider
Selangor secretariat has policy stating ‘no skirt above knee’, says officer
All visitors to the Selangor state secretariat (SUK) building in Shah Alam should abide by the stipulated dress code, a senior staff of the secretariat said.
The state official who declined to be named said the guidelines are clearly displayed at the entrance to the guard house. “Among what is displayed on the signboard is that women cannot wear skirts that are above the knee. There is a dress code that visitors should follow,” he said.
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The representative said that it is not in SUK’s guidelines to force anyone to wear a sarong. “We have found out from the SUK administration that there is no ruling for women to wear sarong. But, visitors are expected to dress appropriately,” he said.
The two women were stopped by security personnel at the entrance of the SUK building in Shah Alam when they arrived separately for a press conference. … Selangor state secretary Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi, who was met by reporters at Istana Kayangan in Shah Alam, denied SUK having any rules requiring visitors wearing sarongs to enter the building.
2 women told skirts were too short, forced to wear sarong to enter #Selangor state building http://bit.ly/1Cn18if
Journalist C. Premananthini, 32, said that she was at the guardhouse obtaining a visitor pass when one of the guards on duty told her that her knee-length dress was too short.
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