Sg Balak pollution: DOE suspends factory

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Environment Department (DOE) has opened an investigation paper and issued a stop-work order on a food-based factory suspected of causing oil pollution in Sungai Balak, Selangor.

Its director-general Norlin Jaafar (pic) said the action was taken after the factory was found to have released whitish effluents into the river through an underground pipeline, following a check at the site.