JOHOR BAHRU: Malaysian police have arrested nine people over the illegal dumping of chemical waste into Sungai Kim Kim, which caused a wave of ...
Malaysia’s education ministry on Mar 13 ordered all 111 schools in Pasir Gudang to shut. At the height of the pollution crisis, more than 2,700 were affected by the toxic fumes.
In a statement, Dr Sahruddin said 30 teams under the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change will be mobilised to monitor air quality at 42 schools within a five to nine kilometre radius from Sungai Kim Kim. The authorities said over the weekend that cleaning works for a 1.5km stretch of the river has been completed.A school in Pasir Gudang, which has been ordered to close after a pollution crisis in the area.
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