PETALING JAYA: The Johor environment department (DoE) uncovered an open burning activity involving various types of waste at an engineering factory in the Maju Jaya Industrial Estate in Johor Bahru yesterday.
In a Facebook post, it said the offence was detected during an integrated monitoring operation involving multiple agencies, following complaints of a burning smell reported in several areas since Monday, Bernama reported.
Action against the factory was taken under Section 29(A) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974, it said.