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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Another woman made to cover knees, this time at public hospital

Facebook user Nisha Daddygal was stopped by security guards at the Sungai Buloh hospital and had to wrap a towel around her waist before she was allowed to enter the premises. – Facebook pic, June 23, 2015.Facebook user Nisha Daddygal was stopped by security guards at the Sungai Buloh hospital and had to wrap a towel around her waist before she was allowed to enter the premises. – Facebook pic, June 23, 2015.
Security guards at the Sungai Buloh hospital reportedly stopped a woman wearing shorts and made her wrap a towel around her waist before allowing her to enter, in what appears to be the third incident of overzealous enforcement of dress codes at public institutions.

The hospital's director, however, was quick to issue an apology, saying that it was neither its policy nor the Health Ministry's to stop visitors from entering based on their clothing, The Star Online reported.
The incident was reported on the woman's Facebook page and reported by The Star, in which her father ended up going to the ward to borrow a patient's towel so that the woman could tie it round her waist to cover her legs.

"The security guards said (sic) ini 'arahan dari kementerian kesihatan' (instructions from the Health Ministry)," she wrote on her Facebook post which can be viewed publicly.
But hospital director Dr Khalid Ibrahim apologised, saying the incident should not have happened.
"We do not bar any visitors form entering the hospital because of what they are wearing.
"However, we encourage the public to dress decently when visiting patients," The Star Online quoted him as saying.
The director also said there could have been "miscommunication" about the dress code to the hospital guard, and that a complaint had been lodged with the security company.
This follows earlier episodes of women who were given sarongs to for wearing skirts above the knee by security guards at public institutions.
The first incident was at the Gombak Road Transport Department (JPJ) office earlier this month, when a woman who wore an outfit that ended just above her knees was asked to wear a sarong in order to be served by JPJ counter staff.
Yesterday, two women, a journalist and a Selangor resident, were made to wear sarongs in order to enter the Selangor state secretariat building.
The dress codes at all these public places, however, prohibit sleeveless tops, short shorts and very short skirts. 
But the JPJ issued a public apology after the incident, saying it had no policy of forcing customers to wear a sarong if they did not abide by the dress code.
Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamad Azmin Ali, meanwhile, said that the state secretariat had no such policy as well.
These incidents drew wide attention as they were spread on social media platforms. 

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