DBKL: Trees felled were already dead

The worker collecting the chopped trunks and branches from the tree-felling activities by DBKL in Taman Rimba Kiara on Apr 30.

TREES that were felled in Taman Rimba Kiara recreational park in Kuala Lumpur on Monday were already dead, said the Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) Landscape and Recreational Department.

Its director Mustafa Mohd Nor said his staff went to the site on Wednesday to explain to the angry residents that the tree-felling activity was part of DBKL’s maintenance work and that the trees would be replaced.