JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -Two directors of a used tyre-processing company have been slapped with more charges for polluting in the Sessions Court on Monday (March 25).

Singaporean Wang Jing Chao, 34, and his Malaysian partner Yap Yoke Liang, 36, face 15 charges each, to which they pleaded not guilty in front of Sessions Judge Jailani Rahman on Monday.

According to the charges, Wang and Yap failed to manage the company's scheduled waste under Rule 3(1) of the Environment Quality Regulations (Scheduled Wastes) 2005 under the Environment Quality Act 1974.

SINGAPORE -The illegal dumping of toxic chemicals into a river in Pasir Gudang, Johor, has sickened more than 2,700 people, including hundreds of students.

Malaysia's Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said on Wednesday (March 13) that a number of chemicals have been ascertained from the samples taken.

They include benzene, acrolein, acrylonitrile, hydrogen chloride, methane, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene and d-limonene.

PASIR GUDANG (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A total of 780 new cases have been registered at the medic base at the Pasir Gudang Indoor Stadium, bringing the total number of people affected by the pollution stemming from the recent chemical dumping incident here to 3,555 cases.

However, Johor Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman Sahruddin Jamal said only 202 individuals received further treatment at hospitals, with 113 warded. He said many who were hospitalised earlier had been discharged.

"A total of 531 victims who received treatment at Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) and Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) have been discharged and allowed to go home," he said.

The illegal dumping of toxic waste into Sungai Kim Kim in Pasir Gudang, Johor, has also forced the closure of all 111 schools in the area.

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Evaluate from both a legitimacy theory perspective and a stakeholder theory perspective how, the entity (the tyre processing company) might react to such publicity.