Consider This: Sg Gong Pollution (Part 1) - Punishment Over Prevention?
It’s been a week since the water supply to 1.2 million consumer accounts in the Klang Valley was disrupted due to the dumping of pollutants in Sungai Gong. And again the Selangor state government is reported considering doubling the maximum fine for water polluters, from 500 thousand ringgit, to one million. Interesting to note, that while this sounds like the state government is getting tough on polluters, but is it really dealing with the root cause of the problem? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan bring you the most important conversations of the day.