KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — The police have confirmed the arrest of four individuals in relation to yesterday’s water pollution incident at the Rantau Panjang and SSP 1, 2, and 3 water treatment plants.
In a brief statement, Selangor Criminal Investigation Department chief Datuk Fadzil Ahmat said the arrests were carried out from midnight until early this morning in Gombak, Damansara and Kelana Jaya after a report related to the latest water pollution case was lodged.
“The four individuals arrested are a 40-year-old Indian-Muslim woman; an Indian man, 43; a Chinese man, 42; and a Bangladeshi man, 33.
“We will apply for remand at the Selayang Court this morning,” he said.
In the same statement, Fadzil said preliminary investigations showed that the female suspect is registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia as being the tenant of the premises in Rawang where the alleged pollution occurred.
He added that the Chinese suspect, together with his employee, the Bangladeshi suspect, were in charge of the chemicals that are kept on-site.
“It is believed that chemical waste was dumped into a sewage hole at the premises which then flowed into the area that was contaminated,” he said.
The arrests come after national news agency Bernama reported today Fadzil as saying that the police opened an investigation paper on the incident.
Yesterday, the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) announced that operations at the SSP 1, 2, 3 and Rantau Panjang water treatment plants had been suspended at about 12.20pm.
The shutdown affected 1,139,008 account holders in 1,279 areas in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling, Klang, Shah Alam, Kuala Selangor, Gombak and Kuala Langat.
However, Air Selangor this morning announced that it expects water supply to be restored in stages to consumers in affected areas from 3pm this afternoon.
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