Depok may close factories, hospital

Depok may close factories, hospital

DEPOK: The Depok municipal administration has threatened to
close down three factories and one hospital for violating Bylaw
No. 5/2003 on liquid industrial waste treatment.

The four have allegedly failed to process their waste and so
have polluted and endangered the surrounding environment.

"The three factories and the hospital have not processed their
waste dumping permits. The municipal environment agency sent
warning letters twice, but has received no response," said head
of the agency, Rahmad Subagyo, on Wednesday.

"We will wait for several days. If there is still no response,
we will close down the four."

The agency has warned a total of 21 companies in the last
year. Excluding the four in question, the remaining 17 companies
have obtained their waste dumping permits. -- JP