MELAKA: The state government has slapped a sand dredging company with a temporary stop-work order for allegedly polluting Sungai Rembau at Paya Lebar in Lubok Cina here.
State agriculture, agro-based, entrepreneur development and cooperative committee chairman Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee said sandblasting works at the site had led to contamination of the river, which is a source of livelihood for local fishermen.
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