Oil spill samples sent for analysis


PUTRAJAYA: A Department of Environment (DOE) investigation team has carried out inspections and sent samples of the oil spill at the Tanjung Langsat Port (PTL), Pasir Gudang, to the Chemistry Department for analysis, says DOE director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar.

He said unloading operations were immediately halted at the port and the PTL Emergency Response Team (ERT) was activated.

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