A frozen food manufacturer has been fined RM135,000 for discharging industrial effluent with excessive oil and suspended solids into inland waters.
KUALA LUMPUR: A frozen food manufacturing company has been fined RM135,000 by the Sessions Court for discharging industrial effluent containing excessive oil and suspended solids.
Judge Siti Shakirah Mohtarudin imposed the sentence after finding Ramly Food Processing Sdn Bhd guilty of two pollution charges dating from July 2024.
The court ordered a fine of RM65,000 for the first charge and RM70,000 for the second charge.
According to the charges, the company discharged effluent with an oil and grease concentration of 17.9 milligrams per litre, exceeding the 10 mg/l Standard B limit.
For the second charge, the effluent contained suspended solids at 228 mg/l, far above the permitted limit of 100 mg/l.
Both offences occurred at the company’s premises in Batu Caves at about 1.20 am on July 20, 2024.
The charges were brought under the Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluents) Regulations 2009.
The regulations provide for a maximum penalty of a RM100,000 fine or up to five years’ imprisonment, or both.
The defence, represented by company manager Shaiful Azwa Zakaria, failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution’s case.
Three prosecution witnesses and two defence witnesses testified during the trial, which began on June 30, 2025.
Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur Department of Environment officers Mohd Ridzuan Zainal and Norliza Ismail prosecuted the case.
Lawyer Maznah Kamarudin represented the company in court.