IPOH: The Perak government has issued an order to suspend factories that extract industrial oil and steel by burning old tyres.
“The Environment Department (DOE) had issued numerous compounds and orders, sealed their equipment, and have even hauled one operator to court since 2009 and yet, they continue to operate,” state executive councillor Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon told reporters here yesterday.
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