Thousands of unionised workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea, who had declared an indefinite strike last month, had returned to work by Aug 5 after failing to win concessions from the global tech giant.
PORT DICKSON: Department of Environment officials have taken samples from several spots in Chuah near here following residents’ suspicions that a pitch-black liquid flowing in a river may be dumped oil.
Veerapan, who also holds the state entrepreneurship, human resources, cooperatives and consumerism portfolios, said the complainants claimed the spill was spotted near a land scheme in Chuah and it flowed till the Gate B tide control gate."The DOE team took samples found in stagnant puddles on a plot of land, the river, drainage and contaminated soil to establish what the black liquid was," he said in a statement today .
Veerapan said the DOE will also issue notices under Section 31 and 37 of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 once it identifies the owner of the land where the black liquid was found.
Dumping Pollution Rivers S. Veerapan Eaduan Chemistry Department
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