Crackdown on illegal factory


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 10 Apr 2019

Bad for health: The illegal coal processing site in Jalan Kampung Gajah, Butterworth. (Right) Lee showing the coal dust that is coming from the illegal coal processing site. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: Every morning for the past one week, residents in Jalan Kampung Gajah woke up to find their houses and cars covered with a layer of thick black dust.

Car dealer Lee Chun Keong, 50, said trucks laden with coal had been making trips in and out of a nearby coal storage yard daily.

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