LAW enforcers serving to protect the environment will be given unprecedented powers to arrest the emerging and perennial environmental problems that have been plaguing the country. The powerful “weapon” they will be equipped with comes in the form of a new act: the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). This proposed law will replace the outdated Environmental Quality Act (EQA) 1974. Wan Junaidi said the ministry was also looking at getting more groups involved in the approval process, and that it would be on a case-to-case basis. Environment polluters, Wan Junaidi said could also be slapped with heftier punishments.

Source: New Strait Times November 19, 2017 00:22 UTC