Directors plead not guilty to more charges over Johor pollution

JOHOR BARU Two directors of a used-tyre processing company were slapped with more charges by the Malaysian Sessions Court yesterday for polluting.

Singaporean Wang Jing Chao, 34, and his Malaysian partner Yap Yoke Liang, 36, face 15 charges each to which they pleaded not guilty. According to the charges, Wang and Yap failed to manage the company's scheduled waste under the Environment Quality Act. They were alleged to have committed the offence on March 12 at around 12.25pm at P Tech Resources, located along Jalan Nibong 2 in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Area. The two accused were also alleged to have caused air pollution for failing to carry out regular monitoring under the same rule.Wang and Yap could be fined not more than RM100,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years or both upon conviction.

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