State officials say they have activated coastal patrols and are monitoring activities following news of oil pollution on local beaches.
SINGAPORE: Johor has started coastal clean-ups and activated coastal patrols and monitoring activities in Kota Tinggi district following an oil spill in Singapore last week that released around 400 tonnes of fuel into the sea.
Sungai Rengit and Pengerang are sited east of Changi, tens of kilometres from areas in Singapore such as East Coast Park and the beaches of Tanah Merah that have been affected by the oil spill. He added that the next day at around 9.30am, Johor’s Department of Environment also received information from the Pengerang Municipal Council that there was oil pollution on Kota Tinggi’s Sungai Rengit beach.
Mr Aznan, who is also Johor education and information committee chairman, added that a special meeting would be held on Thursday to “determine intervention actions that need to be taken to avoid the situation from getting worse”.
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