MACC starts probe into logging in Sik


Eyesore: A dronepic showing the hills of Bukit Enggang stripped bare due to logging activities done without an EIA report. — ZAINUDIN AHAD/The Star

ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has begun investigation into the logging at the Bukit Enggang forest reserve in Sik which was carried out without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.

MACC deputy chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said its office in Kedah had been directed to investigate the matter.

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