PUTRAJAYA (Sept 20): A Hong Kong-based company which container was detained by Malaysian authorities in February this year has been convicted by a Hong Kong court for violating the Waste Disposal Ordinance (WDO). Department of Environment (DoE) director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar, in a statement today, Union Fortune Limited was charged in the Fanling Magistrate’s Court on Sept 14 and fined HKD13,000 (about RM7,000) for violating the WDO. Wan Abdul Latiff said a container was detained in Malaysia on Feb 21 by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, as a result of cooperation and information sharing between the two countries’ enforcement agencies on illegal transboundary movement activities. The container was sent back on April 8 and arrived in Hong Kong on May 6. Meanwhile, Wan Abdul Latiff said the DoE had so far detained 151 containers carrying illegal scheduled wastes with 67 of them having been sent back.

Source: The Edge Markets September 20, 2021 10:18 UTC