Air patrols to resume to check illegal land clearing activities


Dirty water: Farmer S. Arumugam (left), 43, and Panneer Selvam Nada Thevar, 61, showing a pond which has been contaminated at Blue Valley due to illegal land clearing.

KUALA LUMPUR: Air surveillance will resume in peninsular Malaysia in light of recent media reports of rampant land clearing, illegal logging and forest encroachment, said Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas.

The Natural Resources and Environment Minister said the Government was serious about tackling these issues, which had a negative environmental impact on Malaysia's forests and biodiversity.

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