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Yeo: Govt drawing up cross-border pollution law

Published on 24 Sep 2019 6:16:25 PM

The Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Ministry is drawing up a new law that will hold Malaysians causing pollution overseas accountable, says Yeo Bee Yin.

The Minister said that the new law would be called the Cross-Border Pollution Act and will apply to Malaysian companies and individuals.

On a separate matter, Yeo said the Indonesian government had not responded to offer from Malaysia to handle the haze crisis.

Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/09/24/yeo-govt-drawing-up-cross-border-pollution-law