Lorry driver fined RM100,000 for Sungai Kim Kim pollution


KUALA LUMPUR: A lorry driver has been fined RM100,000 for causing pollution through the illegal disposal of scheduled waste in Sungai Kim Kim at Pasir Gudang, Johor in 2019.

The Department of Environment said in a statement on Saturday (Dec 2) that N. Maridass was found to have released oil sludge into the river and added that it is a a scheduled waste listed in the First Schedule of the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005.

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