IPOH, Nov 28 — Perak PKR chief Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak said the state government was irresponsible for signing a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese firm to explore rare earths mining here. He said the state government should instead explore economic activities that were...
BY JOHN BUNYAN
He said the state government should instead explore economic activities that were sustainable and progressive rather than those that could endanger residents and the environment. “So are we going to burden the people just for wanting a source of income without understanding the true cost and risk?” he said in a statement.
He also argued that the agreement was simply to study the viability of rare earths mining in the state and not to begin this directly.
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