KUALA LUMPUR – Eight men have been arrested by the police this morning over the Sg Selangor pollution, including a director of a construction machinery sales and repair company in Rawang.
Selangor state police Criminal Investigations Department chief senior assistant commissioner Datuk Fadzil Ahmat, in a statement today, said that all of them will be remanded on October 22 at the Selayang court.
Aside from the 31-year-old director, his 62-year-old father and six staff members have been arrested. Two of the workers are Malaysians while the rest are from Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar.
The case is being investigated under Section 430 of the Penal Code for “mischief committed that causes a diminution of the supply of water”.
According to Fadzil, the actual contamination which later caused an odour in the water, was detected at 12.38am on October 19, forcing the closure of Air Selangor’s water treatment plants.
“Preliminary investigations found that an odour that was detected stopped at a stream along Sg Gong, which is suspected to have originated from a company repairing and selling construction machinery.”
The early Monday morning pollution led to dry taps for some 1,196,457 accounts in 1,292 areas in the Klang Valley, compounding an earlier supply disruption that was announced due to a burst pipe.
As of 1pm today, Air Selangor announced that 90% of the affected areas have had their water supply restored, with 130 areas still affected by the unscheduled interruption. – The Vibes, October 21, 2020
