Sg Petani folk band together to sniff out illegal waste factories
Open burning takes place at this illegal dump site in Sg Petani, Kedah, upsetting parents and pupils at a nearby school. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, March 24, 2019.
FRIGHTENED by the recent toxic waste contamination in Sg Kim Kim, Pasir Gudang, residents of Sg Petani more than 400km up north have started their own voluntary patrolling unit to monitor and weed out illegal waste factories which have mushroomed in their neighbourhood. They claim that in the span of two years, more than 10 illegal recycling waste factories have set up shop in their area.
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