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JOHOR BARU: The supervisor and manager of a factory have been arrested for alleged pollution of a river in the Pasir Gudang industrial area.
Johor Environment Department director Dr Mohd Famey Yusoff said the duo were arrested on Wednesday under Section 37C of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 for further investigation. "Following public complaints about pollution at Sungai Buloh, the Pasir Gudang DOE investigated an oleochemical-based factory.
"Investigations revealed that brown effluent was being discharged from the factory's effluent treatment system, which was not functioning," he said in a statement here on Thursday . He noted that the investigation was conducted together with the police and the Pasir Gudang City Council ."A prohibition order on equipment operation was also issued to the facility to stop the pollution," he said, adding that the investigation is being carried out under the Environmental Quality Regulations 2009.Floods: Kelantan govt suffers over RM30mil losses in first wave
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