Police to grill alleged polluters

TANGERANG: The Jakarta Police will soon investigate five industrial firms for allegedly causing pollution, an official at the Tangerang regency administration said on Friday.

The regency's environmental agency head, Deden Sugandhi, said that his office had report the five firms to the Office of the State Ministry on Environment.

Sugandhi revealed that the firms were aluminum producer PT YKK Alumico, nail producer PT Dunia Metal Work and iron button producer PT Jaya Sunli, all in Curug district, and two poultry companies in Cikupa: PT Jaffa Osi and PT Adi Satwa.

Separately, chief of permit control at the agency, Cecep Suhendar, said it would take time before the agency could bring the alleged polluting firms to court.

"We need accurate data ... If we do bring the cases to court, they will be the first in Tangerang," he added. --JP