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| December 16, 2009 | Budget hotels in Malaysia being turned into bad dens | | Kuala Lumpur: The Alor Star City Council has found that 90 per cent of the city's budget lodgings are fire traps. Many such places have
also become dens for immoral activities, including gambling and prostitution,
the council found. The findings come as the council checked about 100 budget lodgings,
including rooms-for-rent in housing areas, budget hotels and homestays, after
public complaints on the proliferation of "instant" guest houses and homestays
in many parts of the city. Complaints were also made regarding some of the outlets
that recruited foreigners, especially women, as workers maid public concern that
some of them might be hired as sex workers. Azizan Md Zain, Council licensing
division head, confirmed that most of the budget hotels inspected were established
illegally. He said that action against operators who hired illegal foreign workers
had also been taken. He said anyone flouting the Kota Setar Municipal Council
Subsidiary Legislation on Guesthouses Monitoring, 1988, faced a fine of RM2,000
or a year's imprisonment or both. Repeat offenders also face a daily maximum compound
of RM200. Kedah Working Committee Against Immoral Activities coordinator Kamaruddin
Kassim said the state government should step up efforts to shut illegal lodging
facilities. He said the problem was serious due to lax enforcement. "We have all
the laws to check the activities but we lack the willpower to do so," the New
Straits Times Online quoted him as saying. "The state government should coordinate
a joint effort comprising the police, Islamic religious department and the various
local authorities to check the problem," he added. | |
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