IPOH: The Perak Department of Environment (DOE) has collected five water samples from the drainage system and septic tanks at a housing project in Tanjung Malim, 126km from here, and upstream of Sungai Bernam after receiving complaints from residents of a river pollution.
Its director Rosli Zul said all the samples would be sent to the Chemistry Department for analysis and legal action would be taken if it was found to have exceeded the limits allowed under the Environmental Quality Act.
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