Deputy minister Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis said the ministry has no plans to amend the Environment Quality Act 1974 to provide stiffer punishments to environmental offenders. — Picture via Facebook/Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis
Its deputy minister, Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis said the existing act was adequate to penalise them, but she did not deny the need to implement the enforcement of the act more effectively. She said this when answering whether the ministry planned to amend the act as the penalties currently were too lenient and did not deter offenders from committing and repeating their misdeeds.
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