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Stop renewing timber licenses on Baleh River, says Sarawak DCM after logjam

Logging activities on the upper reaches of the Baleh River are causing a potentially deadly logjam near Kapit in Sarawak, says Deputy Chief Minister James Jemut Masing. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 22, 2021.

A LOGJAM has occurred again on Baleh River near Kapit, Sarawak, and it is feared that it could bring deadlier consequences than the one that occurred in 2010, said Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister James Jemut Masing. In a post on his Facebook page today, Masing said such consequences were possible as the smooth flow of the river was blocked by the construction of the Baleh Dam.

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