School authorities investigating reasons behind increase in mercury spill cases in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: Education officials are in the midst of finding out why there is an increase in the number of mercury spill cases in schools around Sabah.

State Education Department director Datuk Tah Niah Jaman said they wanted to find out the reasons and initiate follow up actions, including preventive measures to address the matter.

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