Xavier Jayakumar promises changes to Water Services Industry Act


Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar says the amendments will be tabled in the October sitting of Parliament. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 28, 2020.

THE Water Services Industry Act 2006 will be amended to beef up enforcement to curb water resources pollution incidents, said Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar.

In its first meeting today, the Water Resources Pollution Action and Monitoring Committee proposed the authorities be given the power to arrest polluters and seize their vehicles, he said.


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