KLANG: A new inter-agency standard operating procedure (SOP) is being drawn up to combat open burning nationwide.
Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin said her office was engaging various government agencies to create an SOP which would be first used to tackle persistent peat fires in Johan Setia, which residents claim have caused respiratory illnesses.
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