Raising a stink: An aerial view of the swampy land reserved for temples and churches near the sewage ponds in Mak Mandin, Butterworth.
GEORGE TOWN: Several non-Muslim religious groups expressed their reservations over the state government’s offer of land to build churches and temples, saying the plots offered were next to a huge sewage plant.
They claimed the 32 plots were on swampy land behind three sewage ponds in the Mak Mandin sewage treatment plant.
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