KLANG: Plastic waste is now being smuggled into the country via shipping containers by being falsely declared as another type of imports that do not require a permit, says Yeo Bee Yin.
The Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister said a two-week investigation found that plastic waste were now being smuggled into Malaysia from developed countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, United States and Germany.
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