Samples taken from bauxite mining area


Friendly banter: Adnan chatting with lorry drivers who transport bauxite at a coffee shop in Bukit Goh, Kuantan.

KUANTAN: Samples have been taken from the Sungai Pengorak area here to be tested for radioactive contamination allegedly caused by bauxite residues.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob said the results would be known in about a month’s time.

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