DoE finds waste dumping site


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 17 Mar 2019

Hazardous materials: A Hazmat team member checking out the illegally disposed barrels of chemicals in Bukit Mertajam.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: While work is underway to clear Sungai Kim Kim in Johor, another case of illegal chemical waste dumping may have been detected deep inside an oil palm estate in Bukit Teh near here.

Located behind a scrapyard and far from the public eye lies approximately 15 barrels of dark pungent liquid.

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