2019 Johor river pollution: Lorry driver fined RM100k

A lorry driver has been fined a maximum of RM100,000 for causing pollution by the illegal disposal of scheduled waste in Sungai Kim Kim, Pasir Gudang, Johor in 2019.

The Department of Environment (DOE) in a statement said N Maridass was found to have released oil sludge, a scheduled waste listed in the First Schedule of the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005, into the river.

It added that P Tech Resources Sdn Bhd, which...