Tangerang, March 21 -- The Tangerang Environment Agency has imposed sanctions on 418 companies in Tangerang District, Banten Province, for environmental offences from 2014 to 2018, a local government official said.
Four of the 418 industries had even been brought to court for their alleged liquid waste that harmed the environment, Head of the Tangerang District Office for Controlling Pollution and Environmental Degradation Budi Khumaeri said in Tangerang on Thursday.
"The law enforcement is part of our firm stance," he said, adding that several enterprises which received the legal sanctions had even stopped operating, due to various causes, including polluting the environment.
Several of the sanctioned companies had no liquid waste permi...