Gov't to shut down all illegal factories in Pasir Gudang, says Yeo

PARLIAMENT | The government will close down all illegal factories in Pasir Gudang within a month following the recurrence of air pollution in the area, pledged Energy, Science, Technology, Environment, And Climate Change (Mestecc) Minister Yeo Bee Yin.

"Today I have a meeting with the Johor menteri besar, we plan to do something where we target illegal factories. Within a month's time, we will conduct a joint operation to close down all illegal factories in Pasir Gudang.

"I urge the rakyat and all the lawmakers in the House to report to the Environment Department if they have information on illegal factories," she told the Dewan Rakyat during the Minister's Question Time today.

She rebutted Hassan Abdul Karim (Harapan-Pasir Gudang), who had asked whether the occurrence of air pollution at his constituency twice was due to weak enforcement by the Environment Department (DoE).

In her reply, she said the DoE had stepped up enforcement “by 300 percent” after the Sungai Kim Kim incident in March.

[More to follow] - Mkini