MALACCA: Singapore-based printing factory Tompac Industrial Sdn Bhd was fined RM100,000 for dumping toxic waste in a Felda oil palm estate near the Durian Tunggal dam.
Judge Hamdan Indah made the ruling after factory operations manager Chong Kok Wui pleaded guilty on behalf of the company to dumping ink sludge – a scheduled toxic waste – in Bukit Bulat Felda estate, Alor Gajah, at 9.30am on Jan 2.
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