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KUALA LUMPUR: The management of a food and beverage processing plant was fined RM90,000 by the Shah Alam Session Court, near here, after pleading guilty to two counts of polluting a river by releasing effluents exceeding the established standards.
Selangor Department of Environment (DoE) director Nor Aziah Jaafar, in a statement today, said that under the first charge, the company admitted to releasing industrial effluents that exceed the standard limit of five parameters under Regulation 11 (1 ) (b) of Environmental Quality. (Industrial effluents) Regulation of 2009 on May 21 of last year.
Under the second count, the company pleaded guilty to releasing industrial effluents that exceed the standard limit of a parameter under Regulation 12 (b) of the 2009 Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluents) Regulations, on the same date.
Nor did Aziah, meanwhile, emphasize that the Selangor Department of Energy would not engage with environmental criminals.
“I call on the public to report any activity that pollutes the environment on the toll free line 1-800-88-2727 that operates 24 hours a day or by email to [email protected] and through the DoE e-customs portal at https://eaduan.doe.gov.my “, he said.
