Illegal tyre burning factory demolished

Tearing down: A factory extracting furnace oil, gas, carbon and steel wire from used tyers was sealed by Hang Jaya council enforcement officers.

MALACCA: A retread tyre disposal factory is causing air pollution and affecting an oil-palm estate has earned the wrath of Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ).

The factory in Kesang Pajak, near here was demolished on Wednesday for operating illegally and also causing environmental harm.