Oil spill not found on second day of clean-up


  • Nation
  • Friday, 19 Apr 2019

KOTA TINGGI: The oil spill that was spotted in waters near Batu Layar and Tanjung Balau here last Wednesday (April 17) is believed to have been washed out to open waters after a clean-up team failed to find it Friday (April 19).

Southern Region Marine Department on-scene commander Roslee Ibrahim said that the second day of the cleanup operation started at about 8am on Friday (April 19) from Tanjung Balau heading towards open water.

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