Swallow factory produced dangerous waste

The Jakarta Post, Thu, 04/15/2010 12:54 PM

JAKARTA: Swallow sandal factory in West Jakarta was under investigation for alleged environmental violations when it was razed by fire last month, West Jakarta, environment office said Wednesday.

"The investigation process was almost final. As the factory no longer exists due to the fire, our efforts to file the case to court has halted," head the environment office sub division of environmental dispute mediation, Dulles Manurung, said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

The dossier has been completed and would be submitted to the Attorney General's Office in order to issue an indictment letter and bring the case to court.

The fire razed the factory on March 11, killing four people.

"The factory didn't have waste treatment installations.

"We checked sample of the waste in January last year and confirmed that the factory dumped hazardous waste in public waterways," he said as quoted by temporaktif.com. -JP