{"id":14406,"date":"2019-03-16T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T02:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=14406"},"modified":"2019-03-16T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T02:57:32","slug":"sungai-kim-kim-clean-up-yields-350-jumbo-bags-of-tainted-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=14406","title":{"rendered":"Sungai Kim Kim clean-up yields 350 jumbo bags of tainted earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bernama-kim-kim-river.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bernama-kim-kim-river.png 600w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bernama-kim-kim-river-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bernama-kim-kim-river-598x400.png 598w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bernama-kim-kim-river-555x370.png 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy BERNAMA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>JOHOR BAHARU, March 16 (NNN- Bernama) &#8212; The\u00a0clean-up exercise at Sungai Kim Kim has produced 350 jumbo bags of tainted earth and 350 tonnes of polluted water so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman Dr Sahruddin Jamal&nbsp;said all the toxic substances collected since March 13 will be disposed at&nbsp;a disposal facility licensed by the Department of Environment (DOE).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWork&nbsp;to clean-up the site is monitored 24 hours by the Fire and Rescue Department as well as DOE,\u201d he told reporters at the Disaster Assistance Management Committee Operations Centre in Pasir Gudang Municipal Council&nbsp;at&nbsp;Menara Aqabah here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also present was Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Yeo Bee Yin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the state government viewed the incident seriously and had started cleaning up Sungai Kim Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, he said 73 patients of&nbsp;the chemical waste incident who were being treated&nbsp;at Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) and&nbsp;Sultanah&nbsp;Aminah Hospital (HSA) were allowed to return home today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs&nbsp;at 3 pm, 440 people received initial screening at the Pasir Gudang Municipal Council Indoor Stadium&nbsp;and 20 patients were referred&nbsp;to the hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also advised the people not to spread fake news as it could cause fear among the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Those who disseminate fake news face action under Section 505 of the Penal Code&nbsp;which provides for two years in jail or fine or both,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHOR BAHARU, March 16 (NNN- Bernama) &#8212; The\u00a0clean-up exercise at Sungai Kim Kim has produced 350 jumbo bags of tainted earth and 350 tonnes of polluted water so far. State Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman Dr Sahruddin Jamal&nbsp;said all the toxic substances collected since March 13 will be disposed at&nbsp;a disposal facility licensed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":14412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}