Culprits to face the music


Zailril (chequered shirt) listening to a briefing by Penang Hills Watch representative Rexy Prakash Chacko (right) about the Kelian River exhibition. WIth them is JPS director Shukri Muslim (left) during the ‘Jom Kenali Sungai Kelian’ awareness campaign. — Photo: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

THE Penang government is looking at adopting Selangor’s stiff penalty of up to RM250,000 to developers who fail to comply with the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan (ESCP).

State works committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the state hoped to minimise the non-compliance rate of ESCPs with a new by-law on compounds for violations.

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