The forest around the village of Janda Baik, some parts of it are in forest reserve, are being cleared and burnt systematically by vegetable growers who mainly come from outside the village. The actual acts may not be done by them because they use the cheap labour provided by illegal immigrants. The perpetrators are infact the "middlemen" who finance and market the illegal activities in these fertile foothills.
This unsightly and potentially disasterous activity has been highlighted many times by the media, including TV3, but somehow the Authorities do not seem to care. How perplexing?
MSAbdullah.
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