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Back|Suspicious sludge was buried in Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County. Ho Zhida asked the Environmental Protection Bureau to find out the source.
Suspicious sludge was buried in Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County. Ho Zhida asked the Environmental Protection Bureau to find out the source.
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Suspicious sludge was buried in Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County. Ho Zhida asked the Environmental Protection Bureau to find out the source.

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  • A suspicious sludge smuggling, dumping and burial incident occurred in Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County yesterday evening.
  • White space-packed sludge was buried at the site, and some of it was scattered on the ground.
  • After learning about it, Hsinchu County Councilor He Zhida asked the Environmental Protection Bureau to drive away the heavy trucks waiting to be dumped and send people to monitor the situation overnight.

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Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County, has had a serious problem with littering in recent years. The public office is only responsible for checking and reporting the problem, while the county Environmental Protection Bureau is passive about such problems and has not proposed solutions.

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Yesterday evening, people smuggled sludge into Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County, dumped it and buried it. Among them, the heavy truck as shown was forcibly driven away. (Provided by He Zhida)

Xinfeng Township in Hsinchu County was shocked to be invaded by suspicious sludge! Non-party Hsinchu County Councilor He Zhida learned yesterday evening that a farmland in Qingpu Village was dug up by unscrupulous hands and buried a truckload of suspicious sludge filled with white space bags. Some of the space bags have been buried in the ground, and there are about a dozen bags scattered on the ground ready to be buried. Another car has just entered the site and is about to be stolen. The smell is so bad that the county Environmental Protection Bureau once asked the village chiefs of Qingpu and Ruixing villages to help evacuate surrounding residents.

He Zhida said that he asked the county Environmental Protection Bureau on the spot to drive away another truck of waste that had not yet been dumped, and sent two people to monitor the machinery and equipment at the site to prevent anyone from burying it or smuggling it in and out. However, the sludge theft incident occurred in Qingpu Village at 5 o'clock yesterday evening. This morning, several stolen space bags were found in Houhu Village and the farmland opposite Houhu Police Station. He couldn't help but suspect that they were stolen by the aforementioned vehicles that were driven away.

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He Zhida said that this case also aroused the concern of his parliamentary colleague and DPP member Wu Chuandi, as well as Qingpu Village Mayor Zhong Tingchuan, Ruixing Village Mayor Li Zhaoen, Township Representatives Luo Shiqian and Yu Guanhong, etc. who came to the scene successively.

He bluntly said that the problem of littering and dumping of garbage in Xinfeng Township has been very serious in recent years. Just like broken windows, there are more and more areas where garbage is stolen and dumped. The office is only responsible for checking and reporting. In the final analysis, the county Environmental Protection Bureau has always been very passive about this type of problem and has never had a set of solutions, so that those who abandon the property are not treated well. , emboldened, now Qingpu and Ruixing villages have been invaded by suspicious sludge again. He wants the Environmental Protection Bureau to give the villagers an explanation, clarifying the composition and source of the sludge, whether it is toxic, and who is involved. He also requires the police to not only trace the source of drugs, but also conduct a comprehensive investigation into sludge that harms the local environment.

Sludge was smuggled into Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County yesterday evening and was dumped and buried. (Provided by He Zhida)

Sludge was smuggled into Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County yesterday evening and was dumped and buried. (Provided by He Zhida)

Hsinchu County Councilor He Zhida said that this morning a discarded sludge space bag was found in Houhu Village again, and it was suspected that it was related to the heavy truck that was driven away yesterday evening. (Provided by He Zhida)

Hsinchu County Councilor He Zhida (front left) returned to Qingpu Village this morning and confirmed that the strange mobile phones and devices that were seized last night and the stolen space bag were still there. (Provided by He Zhida)

Hsinchu County Councilor He Zhida said that the suspicious space bag contained foul-smelling sludge. (Provided by He Zhida)

What to Watch

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  • The Environmental Protection Bureau will conduct component testing and source tracing of suspicious sludge from Qingpu Village and Houhu Village

    Likely · Within days

  • The police will investigate illegal sludge dumping and track the vehicles and people involved

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • ?What are the specific components and sources of these suspicious sludges?
  • ?Does sludge contain toxic substances?
  • ?Who are the people involved? Are you fixing an abandoned property?
  • ?Is the heavy truck that was driven away yesterday related to the sludge space bag found in Houhu Village today?

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  • A suspicious sludge smuggling, dumping and burial incident occurred in Qingpu Village, Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County yesterday evening.
  • White space-packed sludge was buried at the site, and some of it was scattered on the ground.
  • After learning about it, Hsinchu County Councilor He Zhida asked the Environmental Protection Bureau to drive away the heavy trucks waiting to be dumped and send people to monitor the situation overnight.

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