Oil palm mill operating licence suspended over Sg Sembrong Kiri pollution


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 15 Oct 2020

JOHOR BARU: The operating licence of an oil palm mill in Kluang has been suspended for three months after it was found that the retaining wall of its oxidation pond collapsed and resulted in the pollution of Sg Sembrong Kiri.

State health and environment committee chairman R. Vidyananthan (pic) said the state Department of Environment (DOE) received a complaint on the pollution on Tuesday (Oct 13).

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