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KLANG VALLEY – An Instagram post allegedly by Selangor Menteri Besar’s wife has been criticized as deaf by other social media users.
Screenshots from the post showed a photograph of a water tanker parked in front of her home with a hose running through the driveway, while another showed her family swimming in their own pool at home, The Rakyat Post reported Sunday. (September 6).
The Instagram post, apparently by Datin Seri Masdiana Muhammad, comes as a large number of residents and businesses in the Klang Valley were suffering from the inconvenience caused by unscheduled water outages.
The water supply was cut off in parts of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur last Thursday after the closure of four water treatment plants.
Authorities said the outage was caused by contamination from a factory, and the water supply is expected to be restored only after four days or more, The Star newspaper reported last Friday.
Selangor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur are the most densely populated areas in Malaysia, with around seven million people.
Photos on social media show thousands of people in many areas queuing to fill buckets and bottles from tanker trucks. Bottles of water sold in supermarkets flew off the shelves.
The water authority, Air Selangor, said that the water restoration for Klang Valley users began on Saturday, with full restoration expected only for Wednesday, according to The Rakyat Post.
On Saturday, Malaysian authorities sent four factory managers suspected of being involved in water pollution into pre-trial detention for six days.
Media reports say the vehicle maintenance factory allegedly dumped used motor oil into drains that flow into Sungai Gong, one of the rivers where water is treated and then funneled to homes, industries and offices.
Public anger boiled over after people learned that the same company was fined RM60,000 (S $ 19,700) in March for the same crime.
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