Sungai Kim Kim Pollution Newspaper
A group of 160 victims of the sungai kim kim pollution will take the johor chief minister and the state government to court to seek monetary compensation for damages caused by the.
Sungai kim kim pollution newspaper. The 2019 kim kim river toxic pollution is a water pollution incident that occurred on 7 march 2019 caused by illegal chemical waste dumping at the kim kim river in pasir gudang of johor in malaysia the illegal dumping released toxic fumes affecting 6 000 people and hospitalising 2 775. Johor baru march 12 the johor department of environment doe has completed its investigation papers that will be sent to the public prosecutor soon on the illegal dumping of toxic chemicals into sungai kim kim that sickened over 250 people and forced the closure of 13 schools. Deputy health minister dr lee boon chye later says that there is no proof to show that the toxic pollution at sungai kim kim caused myokymia in the 12 year old. Se asia news putrajaya the airborne pollution that has affected dozens of students in johor s pasir gudang district were caused by leftover chemical waste in sungai kim kim that was supposed to.
Most of the victims were school students 110 schools located near the river were subsequently closed. Kuala lumpur the star asia news network removing pollutants from the 1 5km stretch of sungai kim kim where chemicals were illegally dumped earlier this month will cost approximately rm6 5. The pollution has affected 250 fishermen from four villages around sungai kim kim namely orang asli fisherman from telok kabung kampung perigi aceh kampung pasir putih and kampung pasir gudang. The latest incident of pollution that sickened students in the johor town of pasir gudang is due to chemical waste from sungai kim kim said malaysia s housing and local government.
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