Stall vendor seen filling drinks with water from roadside pipe goes viral on M'sian social media

Oh no.

Keyla Supharta | April 03, 2023, 01:16 PM

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A drinks vendor in Malaysia was recently caught red-handed filling up his drinks with water from a roadside pipe.

The stall vendor's actions went viral on social media, sparking negative reactions.

Filling drinks with roadside pipe water

In a series of photos posted on Twitter, a man could be seen filling a plastic container with water from a roadside pipe.

Image via @ohtweet/Twitter.

He then brought the pail of water to his stall, where containers of flavoured drinks (air balang) were lined up in a row.

Image via @ohtweet/Twitter.

He proceeded to pour the pipe water into the containers of flavoured drinks.

Image via @ohtweet/Twitter.

His actions were described as means to earn "easy money".

Public outcry

At the time of writing, the tweet exposing the man's actions has supposedly been viewed 975.1k times. It is unclear where the incident took place, or when it occurred.

Many expressed outrage towards the man's actions.

One Twitter user said this was why her mother doesn't like purchasing air balang, and refused to let the family consume them.

Image via @ohtweet/Twitter.

Other users said this was why they don't consume drinks from bazaars.

Image via @ohtweet/Twitter.

Safe for consumption?

According to Malay Mail, The National Water Service Commission (SPAN) announced that it is safe to consume Malaysia's water directly from the tap in 2018.

However, many Malaysians are apprehensive about doing so, The Star reported.

Top image via @ohtweet/Twitter.