A man was stuck inside his toilet for two hours after his toilet door lock was jammed.
The owner of the flat, Mr Huang, spoke to Shin Min Daily News and said that the toilet in his flat at Block 270 Bangkit Road at Bukit Panjang, had just finished renovation upgrades via the Home Improvement Programme.
He was taking a shower on 3 September when he realised that he couldn’t open his toilet door.
Huang further elaborated that his toilet uses a folding door and that the locking mechanism had gotten stuck one way or another.
He then started banging on the door to get the attention of his wife but she couldn’t hear him as she was watching television in another room.
She only heard him banging for help after about an hour, and they tried to break open the door before eventually opening a gap in the door after an hour when Huang used a screwdriver to pry it open.
In the end, the couple managed to tear the door off the rails and Huang was freed after 2 hours, and the couple is now afraid to lock the door whenever they use the toilet.
Huang then contacted the authorities as his toilet renovation was under the HIP programme and they agreed to replace his door.
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