Irate Broga residents take gov't officials to task at dialogue

comments     Claudia Theophilus     Published     Updated

The government should first establish a proper legal framework and enforcement mechanism before considering incinerators as an option to deal with the country's piling garbage woes.

No Incinerator Semenyih/Broga protem action committee chairperson Halil Hussain said Malaysia currently has no laws to govern the monitoring of dioxin emissions such as in countries where incinerators abound.

"In fact, the closest reference (to burning) made under a sub-clause in the Environmental Quality Act 1974 is o­nly a 'penunu' or what we call a Bunsen burner," he said during a dialogue with government officials in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

The session was arranged by the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) following a memorandum from the residents committee appealing for its intervention after numerous requests for details o­n the project fell o­n deaf ears.

About 30 residents from Semenyih, Kajang, Broga and Beranang turned up at Suhakam for the much-anticipated dialogue but left angry and disappointed due to the no-show of a key official from the Housing and Local Government Ministry.

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