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View all search resultsThe police have named Lin Jingzhang, director of PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT), a suspect in the case of radioactive contamination at the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Banten, as authorities face pressure to tighten supervision to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
A spokesperson for the government's anti-radiation team has said that aside from two footwear shipments linked to the same contamination source in Banten, no other incidents have been reported in recent weeks.
Following August's cesium-137 contamination incident that disrupted seafood shipments, the government is preparing to renew shrimp exports to the US, which is expected to help meet the $6.25 billion in fisheries export targeted for this year.
A government-sanctioned task force has disposed of more than 550 tonnes of materials contaminated with Cesium-137 (Cs-137) from 22 irradiated factories, empty land and settlement areas around the Cikande industrial estate in Serang regency, Banten.
Nearly a hundred residents in Cikande district in Serang regency, Banten, have been evacuated from their homes as the decontamination process continues in the area following a radioactive leak that prompted national attention.
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