Soap residue blamed for foam on KESAS Highway
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Foam appeared along a 500-metre stretch of the KESAS Highway in Shah Alam, Malaysia, toward Kuala Lumpur.
- Police believe the foam came from soap residue spilled by a lorry near the Kota Kemuning interchange on Aug. 24.
Soap residue is believed to have caused foam on a section of Malaysia's KESAS Highway in Shah Alam.
The foam appeared between Kilometre 30 and 30.5 on the Klang-to-Kuala Lumpur stretch.
Shah Alam district police chief Assistant Commissioner Sarudin Samah said the residue was believed to have spilled from a lorry at the Kota Kemuning interchange on Aug. 24 before entering the highway.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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