KAJANG: A woman provoked policemen after she was dissatisfied with being barred from entering the Kajang district police headquarters, here, yesterday, for wearing inappropriate clothing.
Kajang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zaid Hassan said the local woman, in her 30s, drove to the Kajang district police headquarters at 10.30am yesterday in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) to make a police report related to a road accident.
"The sentry personnel on duty informed the woman to park her car behind the police headquarters due to the lack of parking space in the area.
"At that time, the sentry also found that the woman was wearing thigh-length shorts (above the knee). He advised her to change to more appropriate attire if she wanted to deal with the police in line with the etiquette of dealing with personnel in government premises," he said in a statement today.
Zaid said the woman was not satisfied and refused to follow the initial instructions and provoked the personnel on duty.
"The duty member again advised her prudently and asked her to change into more appropriate attire if she wanted to deal with the police. The woman was then seen driving out of the police station before coming back some 15 to 20 minutes later wearing long pants with her two friends," he said.
He said the allegation that the woman was prohibited from entering the police station area even though she was wearing appropriate pants had also gone viral following a report by a news portal.
"The wearing of long pants by the woman in the picture that went viral on the news portal was after she changed her pants as advised by the staff on duty.
"We deal with an estimated 300 members of the public a day. So far, there have been no issues regarding clothing. Pictures of visitors' clothing etiquette when dealing with staff in government premises are posted at the Control Post as a reference," he said.