New laws needed to protect our rivers


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 03 Apr 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry plans to enact new legislation relating to the protection of rivers to ensure river cleanliness is at the highest level, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

He said the existing laws on river protection, provided under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, were no longer relevant for current use.

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