Ops to stop illegal forest clearing in Camerons


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 09 Mar 2016

KUANTAN: Five platoons of the Territorial Army will be mobilised in an operation to stop illegal occupation of land and forest clearing in the Cameron Highlands, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

He said the operation would involve the participation of between 200 and 300 members of the Depart­ment of Civil Defence who help the Forestry Depart­ment replant trees in the affected areas.

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