Agarwood chopped even as CM checks on illegal logging site

GEORGE TOWN: A gaharu (agar­­-wood) tree was felled in the rain­­-fo­rest behind the Penang Rifle Club just three hours before Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng went on an inspection near the Penang Botanic Gardens.

Lim was in another section of the rainforest with reporters and officials from the state Forestry De­­partment to check on allegations of chopped trees at about 4pm on Sunday.