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Malaysia ranked near bottom of the class by environmental democracy watchdog

By PATRICK LEE
File pix of landslide in 2011.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has been ranked poorly in terms of environmental democratic rights, coming in 69th of 70 countries surveyed worldwide.

Scoring an overall 0.58 out of three points on the US-based World Resources Institute's Environmental Democracy Index, narrowly beating Haiti.

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