00:00I would like to share the success of the Malaysian Royal Police, Contingent Johor,
00:09in passing a syndicate that is involved in a river flood in the Kota Tinggi area.
00:23For your information, 5 people have been accused in the High Court of Kota Tinggi
00:39under section 124K of the Penal Code.
00:46Of those 5, 3 are under section 124K of the Penal Code,
00:51while 2 others have been accused under section 124K of the Penal Code,
01:00read together with section 109 of the Penal Code.
01:052 others have been accused under section 124K of the Penal Code,
01:09read together with section 109 of the Penal Code,
01:12are shareholders and owners of a company operating in the Sri Alam area of Johor.
01:24For your information, from the police investigation,
01:28we have carried out 9 arrests.
01:32From the police investigation, 9 people have been arrested.
01:37Of those 9, 5 have been accused.
01:41Of those 5, 4 are locals, while 1 is a foreigner.
01:49A foreigner is one of the shareholders of the company.
01:574 others have been accused under section 118 of the Penal Code.
02:11The purpose of this press conference is to explain the dangerous level of this incident.
02:27Section 124K of the Penal Code
02:32is a crime under the Penal Code.
02:48It is a crime under the Penal Code.
02:53Section 124K of the Penal Code is a crime under the Penal Code.
03:07This crime is defined as sabotage.
03:13What is sabotage?
03:16The term sabotage includes all violations of the Penal Code
03:23in relation to important services,
03:25and water is an important service.
03:30So, the PDHRM has given a guarantee
03:34and has given a warning to everyone
03:37that strict action will be taken
03:41against all parties
03:44who are found to be responsible
03:48in the aspect of flooding the river.
03:51The incident in Kuta Tinggi involves a well.
03:56And the water that came out of this well,
04:00the results of the investigation show that it will flow
04:04to the Tengkil River, Lenggiu River, Tengkiu River, and Johor River.
04:10And also the Lenggiu Water Lodgy and Semarad Water Lodgy.
04:14All of these lodges take water supplies from the rivers.
04:18This is from the JPS personnel.
04:23So, the size of the pollution that has been done in those lodges
04:28is estimated to have resulted in the pollution of these rivers.
04:35And, for your information, 28 villagers have experienced
04:42the symptoms of sore eyes, coughs, sneezing, and coughs
04:48as a result of this smelly pollution.
04:53Okay.
04:54The indictment has been obtained from the State Prosecutor's Office
04:58and has been accused this morning.
05:00All five suspects who have been accused have not been granted guarantees.
05:07This is according to the SOSMA ruling.
05:12Although there is an exception under Section 13 of the SOSMA Act,
05:16all five of them have not been granted guarantees.
05:23So, this action is a message to all
05:35that the police in Raja Malaysia will take a firm action
05:43and the perpetrators of the pollution of the rivers
05:49will face the consequences of this act.
05:53What's the number?
05:54Nine.
05:55Nine. Five have been accused.
05:57Four have been granted guarantees
05:59under Section 118 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
06:05At this time, after conducting an investigation
06:12into the incident in Kota Tinggi,
06:16the investigation is still ongoing.
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