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Govt clarifications on incinerator not good enough, says MP

The Housing and Local Government Ministry has not answered adequately queries in the Dewan Rakyat about the proposed RM1.5 billion thermal incinerator plant in Kampung Bohol, Puchong.

Revealing this recently, DAP member of Parliament for Seputeh Teresa Kok ( photo ) said earlier this month, she had raised in Parliament some questions regarding the project.

Instead of responding to her questions, she said, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui chose to sidestep her queries on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.

"He said there was no need for him to address the EIA-related questions since the Science, Technology and Environment Ministry had already approved the report.

"It is pertinent that those questions be answered since a close examination of the report would reveal many glaring inconsistencies and flaws," she said following a talk organised by the Puchong residents action committee in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday.

Kok, whose home is located in the affected area, said she was also disappointed with Chin's failure to answer other questions raised about the incinerator's high operating cost, technology transfer and the health risks involved.

She said no one was able to answer her queries on the operational cost of the plant estimated to be about RM270 per tonne daily. The current municipal solid waste management via landfill only costs between RM25 and RM35 per tonne, she said.

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