Pineapple growers warned not to plant oil palm on gazetted land

BATU PAHAT: The Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) has urged the Government to take action against plantation owners who misused agricultural land allocated for growing pineapples.

LPNM chairman Datuk Samsolbari Jamali said that the board had identified some plantation owners using land, which are gazetted for pineapple growth, to grow oil palm instead.