Three more areas illegally cleared

Worrying situation: Alias (third from right) looking at a satellite imaging system of illegal farms in Cameron Highlands.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Despite the curbs and the many efforts taken, several new areas here have been illegally opened up for farming, worsening what was already a bad situation.

National Security Council secretary Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad said the ongoing Ops Gading had found three new areas, involving some 7.28ha of land, that have been illegally cleared.