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SHAH ALAM: The state government will present a police report on the latest odor pollution detected in Sungai Selangor today.
Exco member in charge of the environment Hee Loy Sian (PH-Kajang) said that Air Selangor, Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) and other agencies had traced the source of contamination in Sungai Selangor to an Indah Water Konsortium sewer plant. (IWK) in Taman. Velox, Rawang.
“What has happened is that the oil or solvent was poured into the manhole and directly into IWK,” he told the state assembly.
He suspected sabotage, as this contamination case had occurred just 24 hours after the state passed amendments to the LUAS enactment, which contains harsh penalties for polluters, including a mandatory jail sentence and fines of up to RM1 million.
Responding to a question from Elizabeth Wong (PH-Bukit Lanjan), Hee said that LUAS and Air Selangor had tested the water early this morning but found no chemical content in the river.
“We suspect that there was an act of sabotage between 7 am and 10 am. We will find out who is behind this through this police report, ”he said.
Previously, Air Selangor had said that the Rantau Panjang, SSP1, SSP2 and SSP3 water treatment plants were forced to halt their operations in stages starting at noon after a solvent-like odor was detected.
The odor contamination had recorded a reading of eight TON (threshold odor number).
