PUTATAN: Local authorities have yet to identify who indiscriminately dumped piles of files in an open space near a beach here.
Putatan District Officer Masawi Salleh said while the culprits have yet to be identified, it was fortunate that the documents dumped were not classified as “important documents.”
He added that only one file, containing documents for office keeping, was found.
“Our overall investigation into who dumped these documents is still ongoing,” he said.
Regarding the public’s habit of dumping rubbish in undesignated open areas, Masawi said stricter enforcement would be implemented. He said notices and warnings have been posted many times to stop people using the area as a dumping ground, but these have gone unheeded.
“Legal action and fines will be issued to those found to throw their rubbish in this area,” he said.
Earlier, photos of documents, including project tenders containing private and confidential information, thrown on the ground were widely circulated on social media.
Many called this irresponsible and said it could pose a danger to those whose information was left exposed in the open.
