KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has denied bail to four brothers who claimed trial to charges of river pollution that led to a water supply disruption affecting some 1.2 million people in the Klang Valley earlier this month.Yip Kok Wai, 52; Yip Kok Mun, 58; Yip Kok Kuin, 50; Yip Kok Weng, 60, who are directors of a company, and manager Ho Voon Leong, 59, pleaded not guilty to the charges under Section 430 of the Penal Code and Section 25 of the Environmental Quality Act.The five were jointly charged with discharging waste without a licence into the irrigation near the Yip Chee Seng & Sons Sdn Bhd workshop in Rawang, Gombak, between Sept 2 and 3 which led to pollution of Sungai Gong.
Judge Syafeera Said refused to grant bail despite a passionate plea by lawyers Datuk M Reza Hassan and Abdul Rashid Ismail, including offering to post RM100,000 for each of their clients.
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