Let all toilets be clean!

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian state plans to set up "toilet squads" to monitor cleanliness at key tourist destinations following criticism of standards, reports said Sunday.

Northern Perak state was criticized in a recent Auditor-General's report which charged that toilets in most recreational parks in the state were deplorable, poorly maintained and dirty, the New Sunday Times said.

Perak tourism committee chairman Mohamad Radzi Manan was quoted as saying that several squads would be formed to visit public toilets in tourist locations and report on hygiene and cleanliness.

"With the formation of the squad, dirty toilets, especially in tourist spots, will be a thing of the past," he said in the report.