Jenjarom residents want battery factory out of their village

(From left) Shafee’ee, Hee and Nazri visiting the site of the factory in Kampung Jenjarom, Kuala Langat.

KAMPUNG Jenjarom residents want the Selangor government to move a factory manufacturing batteries out of their neighbourhood in Kuala Langat.

The 100-odd residents who are mostly senior citizens carried posters and placards in protest outside the factory during a visit by Selangor Environment, Green Technology and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Hee Loy Sian and Selangor Environment Department (DoE) director Shafee’ee Yasin.