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KUALA LUMPUR: Four men have been arrested in connection with the water pollution incident in the Sungai Gong industrial area in Rawang.
Selangor Police Chief Noor Azam Jamaludin said the suspects, who are the owners of the factory that allegedly caused the contamination, were arrested during an operation carried out from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. last night.
“The four, aged between 50 and 60, were picked up from their homes or detained when they showed up at the Gombak district police station.
“We will apply for a remand order this morning at the Selayang Court for further investigation,” he told Bernama.
He said initial investigations revealed that the four suspects, who are brothers, have been running the factory since their father died.
The case is being investigated under Section 430 of the Penal Code.
Yesterday, Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari reportedly said that the factory, which is suspected to be the source of the contamination, had been sealed off and a compound was released. The contamination had caused four Sungai Selangor (LRA) water treatment plants to suspend operations since Thursday.
He said the factory had allegedly released solvent in Sungai Gong, which flows into Sungai Sembah, one of the main rivers in Sungai Selangor.
A total of 1,292 areas in the Klang Valley, Petaling, Klang / Shah Alam, Kuala Selangor, Hulu Selangor, Gombak and Kuala Langat, involving nearly 1.2 million consumer accounts, were affected by the unscheduled water outage. since Thursday, after the four treatment plants. ceased operations.
