DOE, Chemistry Dept going all out to track down Sungai Kim Kim polluters


JOHOR BAHRU, 9 Mac -- Timbalan Menteri Tenaga, Sains, Teknologi, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (tengah) dan Pengarah Jabatan Alam Sekitar Negeri Johor Datuk Dr Mohammad Ezanni Mat Salleh (kiri) ketika sidang media selepas menghadiri Taklimat Mengenai Kes Pembuangan Sisa Bahan Kimia di Sungai Kim Kim di Bangunan Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang hari ini. Hadir sama Anggota Parlimen Tebrau Steven Choong Shiau Yoon (kanan). --fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

JOHOR BARU (Bernama): The Environment Department (DOE) and the Johor Chemistry Department will use three methods to track down the guilty party behind the dumping of hazardous waste in Sungai Kim Kim on Wednesday (March 6) that caused 79 people to fall sick.

Deputy Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) minister Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis told reporters Saturday (March 9) that the “morphological digital characteristics” assessment will determine if the waste was liquid, gas or powder.

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