Push to protect Sarawak rivers

KUCHING: Lack of environmental protection and weak enforcement to combat illegal logging have led to pollution in many rivers in Sarawak.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem demanded the relevant authorities to step up enforcement of environmental laws to protect Sarawak’s river networks, saying that many looked like kopi-susu (milk coffee) due to illegal logging upstream and uncontrolled dredging affecting the rivers natural flow .