PETALING JAYA: An oil spill in the waters of Pulau Redang tainted the pristine, white beach with a layer of thick, black oil on Sunday. However, oil spills like Sunday's is not an isolated event, as Reef Check Malaysia has come across similar situations in other islands. Oil spills can have adverse effects on the marine life and other animals who live along the shore. "If you have thick oil spills during the night, then it would affect turtles coming to lay eggs. However, Norli said it will be difficult to trace the source of the oil spill as it could be an oil leak from an old sunken ship or an offshore oil platform.

Source: thestar May 15, 2017 14:37 UTC