Pasir Gudang chemical spill: Singaporean company director and Malaysian partner plead not guilty to additional charges

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PasirGudang chemical spill: Singaporean company director and Malaysian partner plead not guilty to additional charges

JOHOR BARU - Two directors of a used tyre-processing company have been slapped with more charges for polluting in the Sessions Court on Monday .

According to the charges, Wang and Yap failed to manage the company's scheduled waste under Rule 3 of the Environment Quality Regulations 2005 under the Environment Quality Act 1974. The two accused were also alleged to have caused air pollution for failing to carry out regular monitoring under the same rule.Wang and Yap could be fined not more than RM100,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years or both upon conviction.

Judge Jailani then set April 30 for the mention of the case before setting bail at RM15,000 for each of the accused in each case involving scheduled waste and another RM3,000 for each case involving air pollution.

 

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