A RIDE in a lift may take only a minute or two, but it is time enough for an array of 'lift crimes' to happen.

Urinating, defecating, vomiting, littering and vandalism are just some acts which irk residents in Housing Board estates.

The Straits Times spoke to residents who say they encounter the results of uncivic behaviour thrice a week or even daily in the lifts.

Read Tan Weizhen's & Kimberly Spykerman's story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.