Dodgy Rubber Hair Ties Doing The Rounds?
By Arnie PDH Ishak

Bandar Seri Begawan - Rubber hair ties, reportedly made of recycled condoms, are allegedly being sold by small-time vendors in Brunei Darussalam.

An email has been going around warning that these rubber hair ties are made from recycled condoms and how to recognise them.

After some investigation, it was found that these rubber hair ties are sold in certain retail and budget shops here.

It is uncertain if these rubber hair ties are made from recycled condoms or condoms that have been thrown away as they were defective and did not meet the quality standards.

A female shopper who had bought the rubber hair ties said, "I bought a bunch of these hair ties because they were cheap and colourful, but a few days later I received an email from a friend informing me about hair ties that were made of recycled condoms.

"I was wearing one of the hair ties at the time and decided to see if they were the same ones. I cut them up as shown in the email and found that it was in fact made of condom-like material.

"I was shocked and disgusted and immediately threw the rubber hair ties away. I would not have found out about this if not for the email that my friend had sent me."

"I find these bands rather dangerous and risky as they are flimsy and break easily exposing the potentially dangerous `rubber' inside."

Curious about these claims, our reporters procured a bunch of these colourful rubber hair ties and proceeded to cut away the string holding them together. It was found that there was indeed a rubber material resembling a cut up piece of condom inside the hair ties. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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