Suspicion, anger among Pasir Gudang residents as cause for schoolchildren falling ill still unknown

Housewife Azalila A Samad (left) is upset with the authorities' inability to resolve the situation. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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PASIR GUDANG, JOHOR - Many residents in Pasir Gudang remain angry and frustrated because officials have been unable to pinpoint the source of what has been widely described as an air pollution incident two weeks after it caused dozens of students to fall ill and hundreds of schools to be closed in the industrial area.

Housewife Azalila A Samad, 46, is upset with the authorities' inability to resolve the situation.

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