Sungai Lalang industrial area contaminated by toxic waste

Local authorities taking a closer look at the abandoned drums containing chemical waste.

FOUR factories in the industrial area of Sungai Lalang was ordered to close until further notice, after the Semenyih Fire and Rescue Station found drums containing chemical toxic waste behind a steel frame factory.

Semenyih Bomba chief asst fire superintendant Zainal Elias Abdul Aziz said an area of 300m from where the affected site will be closed off to the public, including the owners and workers of the factories in the area.