NSTletters: Perakians like myself thought that such illegal activities would end after last year’s general election. We were wrong.
For a long time, the Orang Asli in several places in Perak have seen logging encroaching on their ancestral land. Perakians like myself thought that such illegal activities would end after last year’s general election.
The state government, under which jurisdiction falls forestry affairs, should take proactive steps to combat illegal logging, failing which it would be party to this menace by way of criminal neglect. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu must be determined to protect the rich ecosystem in the state. The recent standoff between the Orang Asli in Kampung Sungai Papan and the logging companies was the result of pent-up frustration over the wanton, illegal destruction of forests in the state. While Malaysians complain about the haze from Indonesia polluting our air, some of us seemed indifferent to environmental degradation in our own backyard.His claims that “jobs will be lost” if logging was stopped,He also said the Orang Asli community should not be used to prevent the state government from generating income from logging.We hope that efforts to clamp down on illegal logging in Perak do not disappear just like the haze from Indonesia.
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