DEPARTMENT ISSUES DETENTION ORDER AGAINST FOREIGN VESSELS SUSPECTED OF LAUNCHING OIL IN NATIONAL WATERS The Department of Environment (DOE) has issued a Detention Order on March 7, 2021 against a foreign vessel suspected of having released oil in national waters. The detention was made under Section 48, Environmental Quality Act,

INSPECTION OF CONTAINERS SUSPECTED OF CONTAINING PLASTIC WASTE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO MALAYSIA The Department of Environment (DOE) has conducted inspections on two containers suspected to contain plastic waste from the United States that arrived at Port Klang on March 27, 2021. The inspection also received the cooperation of

PROHIBITION ORDER AGAINST SELANGOR SMART AGRO, CHANGKAT MENTERI, SABAK BERNAM, SELANGOR The Department of Environment (DOE) referred to a media statement by the Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation (PKPS) entitled “Feedback on the Food Security Hub Development Objection at Selangor Smart Agro Park, Changkat Menteri, Sabak Bernam, Selangor Darul Ehsan” on

PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION DURING HOT AND DRY WEATHER The Department of Environment (DOE) referred to the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s media statement that Malaysia is currently in the Southwest Monsoon and it will continue until mid -September 2021. During this period, rainfall distribution throughout the country is expected to decrease