Gangsterism hampers Selangor's effort to address illegal landfills

Physical obstacles and provocations from certain parties, including acts of gangsterism by operators concerned, are among the factors hampering the state government in its efforts to eradicate the problem of illegal waste dumping and landfills in Selangor, the State Legislative Assembly was told today.

State Local Government, Public Transport and New Village Development Committee chairperson Ng Sze Han (above) said the operators also had “tontos” to monitor the whereabouts of the authorities, thus making it difficult for action to be taken.

He said another factor is that the provisions under the existing by-laws only covered garbage disposal trucks and did not include operators of illegal landfills.

"There are no legal provisions that can be imposed on operators of illegal landfills,” he said in response to a question from Edry Faizal Eddy Yusof (Pakatan Harapan-Dusun Tua) on the obstacles faced by the state government in getting rid of illegal landfills.

Ng said the sites used as illegal landfills were private-owned land, and the presence of prayer sites in the area also made it difficult for enforcement action to be taken.

- Bernama

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