Petaling Jaya, The Star Online reported about a woman who had a shock at the Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) Malaysia (Road Transport Department Malaysia) when she was forced to wear a sarong or be refused service.
The woman, one named Suzanne G L Tan, wrote on her Facebook that she was at the JPJ office to transfer the ownership of her car after selling it. Her post included pictures of herself inside and outside the office, at first wearing a white-and-pink blouse paired with a skirt that ended just above her knee, then wearing a sarong and sitting at the JPJ counter.
Suzanne G L Tan JPJ #JPJ: Road Transport Department Malaysia Releases Dress Code Following Viral Post Suzanne G L Tan JPJ Source: Facebook As seen in the screenshot of the Facebook post which went viral, she wrote, “I had to go to JPJ personally to sign the transfer form for the car I sold. That in itself is already a pain. I go dressed like this. Indecent meh? At the number counter, they hand me a sarong to wear or they will not entertain me.”
However, Suzanne did not say which JPJ office, nor the time or date she was there.
According to The Sun Daily, a JPJ public relations officer said investigations are currently underway to identify which one of its branches was involved in the incident. “We were just informed of the matter and are currently doing our own investigation,” he said. But he also added that, “Whatever it is, we have to dress accordingly, based on the dress code of entering a government building.”
Then, late yesterday evening, JPJ uploaded a “dress code” image on their Facebook page, seemingly in response to the issue:
JPJ Dress Code #JPJ: Road Transport Department Malaysia Releases Dress Code Following Viral Post JPJ Dress Code Source: facebook.com/jabatanpengangkutanjalanmalaysia Take note, peeps, to avoid from facing inconveniences in the future! It won’t hurt to put on a pair of jeans and a decent top if you ever need to make that trip to a government office, be it JPJ or the Department of Immigration :) #JPJ: Road Transport Department Malaysia Releases Dress Code Following Viral Post simple smile
Sources: The Star Online, The Sun Daily, JPJ’s Facebook page.
The Star Online:
PETALING JAYA: A woman had a shock at a Road Transport Department (JPJ) office when she was forced to wear a sarong or be refused service.
In a Facebook post, Suzanna G L Tan said she was at the JPJ office to transfer the ownership of her car after selling it.
She also posted a photograph of herself outside the office, wearing a blouse with a skirt that ended just above the knee. Another photograph showed her wearing a sarong sitting at the JPJ counter.
"I had to go to JPJ personally to sign the transfer form for the car I sold. That in itself is already a pain," Tan wrote.
"I go dressed like this. Indecent meh?" she asked in reference to her dressing in the photograph.
Tan said while she was at the counter to get a queue number when she was handed a sarong to wear "or they would not entertain me".
"So, I looked like this, a bag! Only to sit in front of a counter window where only (the) top part of my body (was) visible to the officer, I do not know if I should laugh or cry," she said.
Tan did not say which JPJ office, nor the time or date she was there.
The Facebook post has since gone viral.
