A tractor workshop operator has denied being responsible for a widespread water supply disruption in the Klang Valley last year.

Yip Chee Seng & Sons Sdn Bhd asserted this in its statement of defence against a lawsuit by Wangsa Maju MP Tan Yee Kew and over 800 consumers over the large-scale water supply disruption due to water pollution at Sungai Gong.

Besides the company, the other 17 defendants are the PKR-led Selangor government; the Selangor menteri besar; the state’s Drainage and Irrigation Department and its director; the Selayang Municipal Council; Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd; Authoriti Pengurusan Air Selangor; Pakar Scieno TW Sdn Bhd; the National Water Services Commission (Span)...