A problem with water pollution is this: those who actively engage in polluting Malaysia’s water sources can routinely do so with impunity. Why? Because environmental laws are wanting and rarely enforced vigorously enough. If the government in Johor has its way, however, this will change not just in the Malaysian…

Malaysia should not be a site for dumping toxic waste, especially not waste from abroad. That’s self-evident. So kudos to local officials for stopping a Romanian ship from doing just that. The cargo vessel’s crew was planning to dump 177 tons of toxic waste, including arsenic and cadmium, in Port…