Worry over fishermen’s livelihood

NGO members attending the launch of Gerakan Pembela Ummah Penang branch.

THE newly formed Gerakan Pembela Ummah Penang branch wants the state government to thoroughly study the Penang South Reclamation project’s impact on fishermen in Teluk Kumbar and the neighbouring areas.

Its vice-chairman Mohd Akhir Che Mat said the project stood to affect nearly 5,000 fishermen, mainly from the Malay community, in the southern area of the state.