It has only been five days since new MRT stations opened its doors and already there are signs of vandalism.

MyMRT's director of strategic communications Najmuddin Abdullah there were scratches on the benches and walls, damage to toilets - some just after two days of operation, while a broom stick and a spotlight made its way to the rooftop of an exit at the Bukit Bintang station.

Ironically, the wall displaying the Rukun Negara also sustained damages.

"RapidKL colleagues told me children climbed the Rukun Negara wall! I can show you a splint from the wall on my palm. Tidak ada kesopanan langsung (No manners at all)!" he said on his Instagram account.

The Rukun Negara wall is an art display displaying the five values of the Rukun Negara.

The fifth value is "kesopanan and kesusilaan" (good behaviour and morality).

"We provide a first class facility but if the society is not ready with first class mentality to embrace it, we are going to waste a lot of money and time unnecessarily to do the repair works," he said.

 

I went around to several @mrtmalaysia stations today. Happy to see weekend crowds in the trains. Happy faces going to their respective destinations with family and friends. Shopping and lunching must be in their agendas. What I'm sad about is the damages / vandalism happened at our stations. Just after 5 days of operations! So many scratches on benches and walls. Damages in toilets - a toilet in an OKU was broken 2 days ago. Just now I saw a broom stick (penyapu!!!) and a spotlight on rooftop of Exit F at Bukit Bintang station. I'm sure those 2 dead things didn't walk up the roof by themselves. Then I went to Merdeka Station - another popular vandalism destination. @myrapidkl colleagues told me children climbed the Rukun Negara wall ! And I can show you a splint of the wall on my palm there. Tidak ada kesopanan langsung! We provide a first class facility but if the society is not ready with first class mentality to embrace it, we are going to waste a lot of money and time unnecessarily to do the repair works. #mrtmalaysia #jomnaikmrt #negaraku #negarakumalaysia #kualalumpur #malaysia

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Some 100,000 passengers used the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line on its first day of operation on July 17.

The first phase which covered Sungai Buloh to Semantan and opened last December, has had 2.7 million passengers - a daily ridership of about 15,000 a day.

The trains have a daily capacity of 400,000 passengers.

The Sungai Buloh-Kajang line has received high praise from the public, but commuters also complain about the poor frequency of feeder buses.

RapidKL's @askrapidkl service via Twitter, however, has been quick to address complaints on feeder buses informing complainants who tag the service of availability of next bus and if there is expected delays.