JOHOR BARU: Five years after the Sungai Kim Kim toxic pollution case sickened thousands and forced over a hundred schools in Pasir Gudang to temporarily close, the incident continues to serve as an important lesson for the state.Johor state exco member Ling Tian Soon said the incident showed how serious pollution could get and how it could significantly harm the public and environment.
“This shows just how devastating pollution can be to both the people and the environment. This serves as an important lesson to take such issues seriously,” he said in an interview.Ling, who holds the health and environment portfolio, said the incident sparked an important conversation about such issues and helped pave the way for amendments to the Environmental Quality Act 1974.
In December last year, a lorry driver was fined RM100,000 for causing pollution through the illegal disposal of scheduled waste in Sungai Kim Kim.
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