KTMB eyeing laws for women-only coaches

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The rail operator says it is discussing with the Land Public Transport Agency to draw up legislation on ‘pink coaches’.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/02/ktmb-eyeing-laws-for-women-only-coaches/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #KTMB #WomenOnlyCoach

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00:00Kereta Pitana Melayu Berhad said it is working with the land public transport agency on laws

00:08surrounding its women-only coaches.

00:10KTMB said its auxiliary police officers and staff regularly patrol its trains and advise

00:17passengers on the use of women-only coaches.

00:20KTMB was responding to news reports that an Australian woman was subjected to verbal abuse

00:26by a group of rowdy youths at a KTM women-only coach after reminding them that they were

00:32not supposed to be there.

00:34Sheenie Iman Lee said her 72-year-old mother, who has been living in Malaysia for 50 years,

00:40was travelling in a KTM train from Klang to Kuala Lumpur.

00:45Sheenie said the youths responded aggressively to her mother when she said they were not

00:49supposed to be in the women-only coaches, insisting that they were Malaysians and this

00:54was their country.

00:56She said the rail operator reached out to her yesterday to take a report on the incident,

01:01adding that they were empathetic and receptive to her feedback.

01:05Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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