Kelantan Forestry Department claims blockades were affecting local economy

Kelantan Forestry Department officers dismantling the blockade at Matau Cawas near Pos Bihai.

PETALING JAYA: The blockades in the Balah forest reserve, near Gua Musang have affected economy activity of the orang asli, claimed The Kelantan Forestry Department.

In defending their arrests of orang asli activists on Monday, the department also claimed that the blockades have disrupted their enforcement activities on the permanent forest reserve.