Johor bahru: Three police reports have been lodged so far over the Sungai Johor pollution incident. Johor Police Chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad stated that two of these reports were filed by affected residents, while the third was lodged by Ranhill SAJ.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, further investigations will be conducted by the Department of Environment (DOE) under the Environmental Quality Act 1974. Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad mentioned that the police are primarily monitoring the situation and providing assistance to the agency to complete the investigation. This announcement was made during a press conference after inspecting the situation at Kampung Orang Asli Sayong Pinang.

The pollution has impacted three villages so far: Kampung Orang Asli Sayong Pinang, Kampung Orang Asli Pasir Intan, and Kampung Orang Asli Kempas Menang. The incident began last Friday and has affected 455,757 account holders, or nearly 1.8 million residents in Johor, in stages.

Additionally, the pollution has disrupted the livelihoods of over 150 fishermen, including members of the Orang Asli community, along the upstream areas of Sungai Johor. Johor Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communication Committee Chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh previously mentioned that the pollution was due to soil movement, which caused a sand-dredging pond owned by a company at an inland sand mining site to collapse, leading to the contamination of Sungai Johor.