Yesterday it was the IGP who was on the wrong end of a High Court decision when he, as the then Selangor police chief, was held responsible for the death in custody of A Kugan.
Two of the towns worst hit by the recent smog were Muar and Port Klang. The general consensus was that they bore the brunt of the smoke billowing in from Sumatra – but local plantation burning in Johan Setia near Port Klang and in Mukim Air Hitam near Muar may have aggravated the smog. View Larger Map
Update (25 June, 5.00pm): Port Klang – 484, Seri Manjung – 333.
Update (25 June, 10.00am): Port Klang – 493; Seri Manjung – 322; Shah Alam – 301.
Update (25 June, 7.00am): Port Klang – 487; Seri Manjung, Banting, Shah Alam approaching hazardous levels.
24 June:Where does the buck stop? Denials from big plantation companies that they are responsibile for the smog emergency have been coming in thick and fast as the wind blows the dense smog up the peninsula. Source: NEA
DBKL officers turned up at the Padang Merbok site to remove the tents at the field. Occupiers had intended to remain put until top Election Commission officials stepped down.
Visual artist Ismail Hashim, one of seven founding members of social reform group Aliran, passed away in a road accident in Penang yesterday evening. Ismail Hashim at work
Update: At 2.00pm, Singapore’s 3-hour PSI reading dipped to 245, still at a very unhealthy level. Not looking good: Singapore’s 3-hour PSI index has soared to an alarming 401 at noon, while Kota Tinggi (314) and Pasir Gudang (323) in Johor were also at hazardous levels an hour earlier.
Update: Just heard from MPPP that work has now been stopped. A few majestic trees have been uprooted from a private site along Brook Road to make way for a luxury property development project. View Larger Map
This seems to have slipped past the radar: An incinerator capable of burning 1000 tonnes of rubbish daily is slated to be built in Taman Beringin in Kepong. Map: DBKLView Larger Map
The API reading at Pasir Gudang in Johor has shot up to 333, hitting the hazardous range at 5.00pm. Muar remains under hazardous smog conditions as well, though inexplicably no new reading was provided at 5.00pm.Image: Asean haze action online
The smog hanging over Johor and Singapore has reached unhealthy levels, with Muar posting an alarming hazardous reading of 383 at 11.00am. Image: DOE Malaysia
Here’s more information about how the structure at the top of the Umno tower plunged and pierced vertically 30 metres deep into the road and the soft soil below.
This one has to take the cake: The Sarawak Chief Minister says the building of more hydroelectric dams can reverse rural-urban migration and transform the infrastructure of rural Sarawak.
Serious questions are being asked about the large structure that collapsed from the top of the Umno tower in Penang, leaving a huge crater on the road below.
Finally, some action after this issue was raised a few years ago and brought up in Parliament – but where does it leave the long-suffering small investors?
