S’gor Forestry Dept says excision of reserve started before enactment

Flashback to StarMetro’s report on July 7.

THE degazettement of Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve (BCFR) did not go through a public hearing process as it took place prior to the adoption of an enactment in the National Forestry Act 1984, the Selangor Forestry Department said.

Department director Datuk Ahmad Fadzil Abdul Majid said Section 11 of Enactment (Adoption) 1985 requiring a public hearing was instituted in 2011, while the degazettement of BCFR was pending from 2006.