Illegal e-waste factory shut down, foreigners held


Getting to the bottom of it: SAC Shahrum checking the pile of e-waste at the illegal factory in Machang Bubok, Penang.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Eleven foreigners, including a Chinese national, were arrested in a raid at an illegal electronic waste (e-waste) processing factory in Machang Bubok.

General Operations Force (PGA) northern brigade commander Senior Asst Comm Shahrum Hashim said 48 jumbo-sized bags containing e-waste as well as processing machines worth RM21.83mil were seized in the raid by the PGA intelligence unit and Environment Department (DOE) on Thursday at about 7.30pm.

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