KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 2): The trial of four board members and a manager of a heavy machinery workshop charged with polluting Sungai Gong in Rawang will commence on June 2 in the Selayang Sessions Court here.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Siti Rohaida Che Hamid said Judge Maziah Joary Mohd Tajudin set six days for the trial when the case came up for mention today. The dates are June 2, 3, 9, 10, 17 and 22.
The four directors charged are brothers Yip Kok Wai, 54, Yip Kok Mun, 59, Yip Kok Kuin, 51, and Yip Kok Wong, 61, while the workshop manager is Ho Voon Leong, 60.
“The prosecution has submitted the documents pertaining to the case to the defence team, and we will call over 20 witnesses to testify,” she said when met outside the court.
Shoppers buying containers to store water in case of supply disruptions. Filepic
THE year 2020 saw Selangor battling no less than nine incidents of raw water sources pollution, causing eight large-scale water supply disruptions affecting thousands of households in the state and several areas in Kuala Lumpur.
The whole country was placed under the movement control order due to the Covid-19 pandemic, followed by the conditional and then the recovery movement restrictions.
This was followed by strict standard operating procedures to curb the spread of the virus infection, but it failed to prevent irresponsible parties from polluting raw water sources in Selangor.