State dept and district office to decide on replacement days for Pasir Gudang schools

PETALING JAYA: The Johor Education Department and Pasir Gudang district education office will decide whether there is a need for replacement schooldays for the schools closed by the chemical pollution in Sungai Kim Kim.

All 111 schools had been ordered closed since March 13 after hundreds of students suffered breathing difficulty, nausea, and vomiting due to the toxic fumes emanating from the river.