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Instead of protecting marine life and biodiversity, enforcement officers are chasing locals trying to make a living.

Most are Chinese cities - among them Shanghai, Beijing and Handan - along with Moscow and Tokyo.

The group works to clear the glut of garbage floating or washed up along Manila's notorious Pasig River.

Why this happens in M'sia is, of course, because it makes a small number of people a whole lot of money.

Greenhouse effect is causing heatwaves, floods, dissipation of natural resources, and more.

This is after the food and beverage processing plant pleaded guilty to two charges.

The pond owner and his four Indonesian workers have been arrested on suspicion of causing the Dec 7 Sg Selangor pollution.

Is criminal proceeding enough or can legal action be taken to address rakyat's suffering?

UPDATED 6.22PM | The odour pollution came from one of the fishponds on a land plot in Hulu Selangor, that houses 57 aquaculture ponds for catfish breeding.

From medical masks, food containers to zip ties, experts report an increase in plastic waste.

A total of 888 areas have now regained water supply.

Hee Loy Sian says this is the fourth incident involving IWK this year.

The four plants have now been cleared of odour pollution, says Air Selangor.

They also face a separate charge of allegedly allowing undocumented migrants in company's premises.

A food-based factory, suspected of causing oil pollution in the river, has been issued with the stop-work order.

They include a company director and two local workers of a palm oil mill.

'Is the country's security framework so weak that anyone can just dump pollutants and poison our water sources so easily?'

DOE DG says this is dangerous as it could spread infectious diseases.

This through an amendment to the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) Enactment 1999.

Environment and water minister says 0.2 percent of these premises are repeat offenders.

DOE has received a report on the matter as photos of alleged river contamination went viral.