As haze from forest fires in Indonesia continues to shroud Southeast Asia, Malaysians have taken to social media to air their grievances, with a video of an elevated outdoor reading from an air purifier among viral content marking public frustration.
The clip, posted by user syahierarafie, shows a device detecting an Air Pollutant Index (API) of up to 318 in Gelang Patah, a suburban town in western Johor Bahru which borders Singapore. The video has drawn over 990,000 views as of Tuesday.
“Today, my office staff did an IPU experiment outside. IPU 300++ wow. It is very unhealthy,” the post read, referring to API by its Malay name, Indeks Pencemar Udara.