RM2,000 fine mere slap on the wrist for illegal dumping, group says
SAM president Meenakshi Raman said the fine was way too low and does not commensurate with the dangers it posed to the environment and the communities living nearby. — Picture by KE Ooi
“Prosecuting the offender with the municipal bylaws is the wrong way to go as the punishment imposed is too paltry for an offence like this,” she said when commenting on the fine meted out on a landowner in Bukit Mertajam today. “It is time that these types of environmental crimes should be taken more seriously. Otherwise offenders get away with light sentences,” she said.
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