Company illegally brought in e-waste into Malaysia fined


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A Hong Kong-based company, whose container was detained by Malaysian authorities in February this year, has been convicted by a Hong Kong court for violating the Waste Disposal Ordinance (WDO).

Department of Environment (DoE) director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar, in a statement on Monday (Sept 20), Union Fortune Limited was charged in the Fanling Magistrate’s Court on Sept 14 and fined HKD13,000 (about RM7,000) for violating the WDO.

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