SEGAMAT: Two company directors were sentenced to jail and fined a total of RM350,000 after pleading guilty to illegally managing scheduled waste in an industrial area here.
Johor Environment Department director Dr Mohd Famey Yusoff said the convictions stemmed from two separate cases involving unlawful handling of electrical and electronic waste (SW110) at the Segamat 2 Industrial Area.
In the first case, You Peng (M) Sdn Bhd director Teh Choon Kian, 53, pleaded guilty to four charges under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 before the Sessions Court.
"Among his offences were constructing a recovery plant without Environmental Impact Assessment approval and placing scheduled waste without approval.
"He was sentenced to one day’s jail and fined RM100,000 for each offence. He was also fined RM50,000 for using premises without a valid licence and written permission," Mohd Famey said in a statement on Tuesday (April 28).
He said the court also ordered the forfeiture of 400 metric tonnes of scheduled waste to the Malaysian government.
Separately, in a related case at the same location, Vertex Mission Sdn Bhd and its director, Yeah Hock Heng, were fined RM100,000 after admitting to two charges under the same Act.
“They were found to have transported scheduled waste using vehicles without a valid licence, and the court ordered the forfeiture of two lorries along with 31 metric tonnes of scheduled waste,” he said.
Mohd Famey urged industries and the public to comply fully with the law and to report pollution activities via its 24-hour hotline at 1-800-88-2727, email at aduan_k@doe.gov.my, or the e-complaints portal at https://eaduan.doe.gov.my
