Bukit Panjang man trapped in his toilet for 2 hours due to door lock jamming

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Hoping to get his wife’s attention, he started banging on the door – but she heard him only after an hour as she had been watching TV in their room.

A recent renovation to his HDB flat led to a man getting stuck in his toilet for two hours because the lock got jammed., the man referred to as Mr Huang, said the toilet in his HDB flat at Block 270 Bangkit Road in Bukit Panjang had just gotten an upgrade under the Home Improvement Programme .

On Saturday , the 63-year-old took a shower and, to his horror, was unable to open the door after he was done. They tried all sorts of ways to try and break the door open, and it took another hour before Mr Huang managed to pry open a gap in the door with a screwdriver.Both husband and wife now no longer dare to lock the door when they use the toilet.

 

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