KLANG: The Selangor Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle in 1,964 tonnes of scrap metal worth RM9.17mil after seizing 83 containers within the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) here recently. Selangor Customs director Mohamad Azhar Ahmad Paharazi said the goods were confiscated through a series of inspections conducted in collaboration with the National Targeting Centre (NTC)...
KUCHING: Sarawak will review existing laws to impose heavier penalties on buyers of stolen scrap metal as the existing law is too lenient. "I will consult the Sarawak Attorney General (Datu Saferi Ali) regarding the law on second-hand goods as the present penalty of RM5,000 is too low," said Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Speaking...
KOTA TINGGI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has arrested four Indonesian men for stealing scrap metal from a tugboat at Tanjung Ayam here. Johor MMEA operations deputy director Capt Simon Templer Lo Tusa said the suspects were caught after their boat was detected by the Malaysian Maritime Sea Surveillance System (SWASLA) radar. "The suspects, aged between...
