KUALA LANGAT: Her house in Sungai Jarom here may have been splashed with red paint, but Pua Lay Peng will not be silenced and will continue to speak up on environmental issues that affect the public.
Pua, who was one of the founding members of the Kuala Langat Environmental Action Group, said no amount of intimidation would stop her from championing environmental causes.
“I became an activist because I was a victim of environmental pollution, which had affected my health.
“I take this incident as a challenge. I will continue to do what I am doing for the safety of our community,” Pua told the New Straits Times today.
Four men, who are Geng 24 members aged between 20 and 31, had allegedly splashed red paint at Pua’s house on June 26 at about 10.30am.
They were hauled to the Telok Datuk Magistrate’s Court today where a four-day remand order was granted by magistrate Saifuddin Rafie to enable investigation under Section 506 and 427 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation and committing mischief.
The attack took place when Pua was not at home. Her sister, who witnessed the incident, subsequently lodged a police report at the Sungai Jarom station.
Pua felt the attack was most probably due to her being vocal in exposing illegal imported plastic waste recycling factories here.
She had recently brought a team of reporters to Kuala Langat to investigate a recycling factory that was believed to have imported plastic waste but does not possess an Approved Permit.
“I do feel threatened by the attack but I am not going to move elsewhere. I only feel sorry for my sister who was splashed with almost a litre of red paint,” added Pua.
Federal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Datuk Huzir Mohamed had said last night the suspects were arrested during a raid on a townhouse in Damansara, Petaling Jaya by Bukit Aman’s D7 Gangsterism Prevention Unit.
A car, believed to have been used in the incident, a samurai sword, a handphone which was used to record the crime, as well as a packet of drugs believed to be syabu were also seized in the raid.
Huzir said based on preliminary investigations, three of the suspects admitted (to the offence) or were directly involved in the case.
He added that all four had also confessed that they were linked to Geng 24 activities and had received a sum from a certain individual (to commit the offence).
According to Huzir, the suspects had criminal records and a history of drug offences, and were also on the wanted list.