DOE suspects factory waste behind toxic fumes at river


PASIR GUDANG: The Department of Environ­ment (DOE) is facing a daunting task of identifying the culprit behind the chemical waste dump in Sungai Kim Kim here, which led to 79 people being treated after breathing in hazardous fumes.

The department believes that the waste might have come from some 30 factories located within the industrial area.

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