Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/02
By: Chang Che-fon and Ko Lin

Taipei, Sept. 2 (CNA) An investigation has been launched to determine the suspect

Photo courtesy of Kaohsiung Environmental Protection Bureau

behind the dumping of pollutants into a public waterway in Kaohsiung, the city’s Environmental Protection Bureau said Saturday.

Earlier that day, a section of the Shilung stream that runs from Guanyin Lake in the city’s Renwu District, was reported to have changed color into a reddish-brown hue, according to local residents who reported the matter to local authorities.

With the assistance of the local police, environmental officials who came to inspect and take water samples from the waterway for analysis said initial inspections show that the pollution was deliberate.    [FULL  STORY]