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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she departs following a gathering for congregational Friday prayers and two minutes of silence for victims of the twin mosque massacre, at Hagley Park in Christchurch on March 22, 2019 - AFPpic

IT IS a case which can be best described as the insensitivity of a state leader.

More than 4,000 people in his state were affected by the toxic fumes in Pasir Gudang and Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Osman Sapian went ahead on a working trip to Batam to promote Visit Johor Year 2020 at the height of the illegal chemical dumping case in a river.

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