KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Environmental Quality (Amendment) Bill 2022 to increase the penalty to not more than RM10 million for offences such as water pollution and illegal disposal of scheduled waste.

PUTRAJAYA, March 20 — Malaysia will be detaining a container from Los Angeles, USA, suspected to be carrying commercial plastic waste when it arrives at Port Klang on Monday (March 22).

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — The Selangor Department of Environment (DOE) has issued 30 compounds amounting to RM60,000 to the owner of a premise in Kampung Sungai Dua, Rawang found responsible for the odour pollution that caused unscheduled water disruption in some areas in the Klang Valley on Tuesday.