Get tough with the enforcers


  • Letters
  • Friday, 15 Mar 2019

Consequences: A notice being posted announcing SMK Pasir Putih’s closure following the chemical spill.

I BELIEVE that the mega pollution incident at Sungai Kim Kim in Johor will not be the last. This is how sceptical and cynical I have become.

It will happen again and again if our enforcement agencies are inept and corrupt. It is wishful thinking to leave the preservation of our environment to the good conscience of individuals.

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