Diving into mission to clean black river

Cheah gets down to doing dirty work in Sungai Pinang. - LIM BENG TATT/The Star

TO SHOW what it is like to do dirty, dangerous and difficult work, a community leader jumped into Sungai Pinang, known to be among the dirtiest in the country.

The man, MCA social movement bureau head Cheah Chin Woon, waded through the black water with a net in hand to collect floating bottles, plastic bags and other waste.