Paradise lost to smelly hell


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 05 Jun 2019

Raising a stink: The smell from the trench dug to drain leachate from the dumpsite near Taman Kinrara Mas has residents fuming. — S.S. KANESAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: It was paradise until a nearby landfill made it stink to high heaven.

The misery of Kinrara Mas residents started two months ago when they detected a foul smell coming from a tree-filled parcel of land next to their housing area.

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