Pay us to stop logging, Kedah tells Federal Govt


ALOR SETAR: The Federal Govern-ment should pay Kedah RM100mil annually if it does not want the state to conduct any logging activity, says Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak.

He claimed there was a verbal ag­­­­­­reement over the payment between the two parties when Tun Dr Maha­­­thir Mohamad was Prime Minister.

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