The Selangor government will work with the Malaysian Space Agency (Mysa) to obtain the latest satellite observation data to detect areas with the potential to become illegal dumpsites.

State Local Government, Public Transport and New Village Development Committee chairperson Ng Sze Han said the agency, in a meeting last week, informed the state government that there are about 1,400 areas that could potentially become illegal dumpsites in Selangor thus far.

“The data from Mysa will be...