Exco member: Dead fish, discolouration in Melaka River not from pollution


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 21 May 2019

MELAKA: The cause of discolouration and dead fish in Sungai Melaka is not due to pollution, says State Housing, Local Government and Environment committee chairman Datuk Tey Kok Kiew.

Tey said the river had instead turned brackish and added that this led to a high level of salinity caused by ocean currents.

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