Company, two directors charged with dumping hazardous waste in PD

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A company and its two directors, including a former state Environment  Department (DOE) deputy director, claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Seremban, Negri Sembilan on Thursday (May 29) to a charge of illegally dumping hazardous wastes.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yedbrhsf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A company and its two directors, including a former deputy director of the State Environment

00:07Department, DOE, pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court in Seremban to charges of illegally

00:14dumping hazardous waste. Nature Energy Products, Sendirian Berhad, along with directors 62-year-old

00:21S. Sivana Thiran and 47-year-old Chan Kwai Soon were charged with disposing of scheduled waste,

00:27code SW322, without proper approval at Lot 11224, Jima, Port Dickson, around 4.30 p.m. on October

00:3614, 2024. Sivana Thiran previously served as a deputy director at the State DOE, while Chan appeared on

00:45behalf of the company during proceedings before Judge Mohamed Kamil Nizam. SW322 refers to waste

00:54containing non-halogenated organic solvents, a category classified as hazardous under environmental

01:01regulations and requiring specific disposal procedures. The charges were brought under Section 34B,

01:08Subsection 1, Subsection A of the Environmental Quality Act 1974, which prohibits the placement,

01:15deposit, or disposal of scheduled wastes without the Director General of Environment's approval.

01:20If convicted, the accused face a maximum jail term of five years and fines ranging from

01:27100,000 ringgit to 10 million ringgit. Judge Mohamed Kamil set bail at 9,000 ringgit each for the two

01:35directors and fixed July 3 for case mention. He also ordered them to report monthly to the nearest DOE

01:42office and barred them from contacting prosecution witnesses.

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