The Singaporean director of a factory in Seri Alam, Johor, was among 5 men charged.
Tan Eng Yong was charged with conspiring to sabotage the maintenance of water services in an indigenous people’s village.
Tan Eng Yong, 41, and Malaysian Lau Kam Wai, 53, were charged in a sessions court with conspiring with another individual, who remains at large, to sabotage the maintenance of essential water services in an indigenous people’s village in Pasir Intan, in Bandar Tenggara town, Malaysian media reported.The village is in Johor’s Kota Tinggi district, more than 60km from Johor Bahru.
Three other Malaysian men, aged between 23 and 52, including a lorry driver and his assistant, were also charged with sabotaging the maintenance of essential services at the same time and date. Four other local men were arrested and released on bail to act as prosecution witnesses, the police said.Schools near affected rivers were shut because of the odour, with some students falling ill.
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