Petition to save forest reserve


Petitioners are calling on the state government to protect Selangor’s natural reserves. (Right) Flashback of StarMetro’s cover story on Dec 3.

MORE than 8,000 people have signed a petition against a proposal by the state government to degazette 28.3ha of land within the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve in Gombak for a housing project.

The Save Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve petition, initiated a week ago by a group calling themselves Concerned Malaysians, is addressed to Selangor Mentri Besar Amirudin Shari and Selangor Forestry Department director Datuk Dr Mohd Puat Dahalan.

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