Probe on rampant logging in Kedah


ALOR SETAR: Suspicious logging activity in Kedah, including within a forest reserve, has triggered renewed investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commis­sion (MACC) nearly a year after an initial probe came to naught.

In January, a whopping 500ha of timber land was logged within the Bukit Enggang forest reserve area in Sik without an Environmental Im­­pact Assessment (EIA) report, and recalcitrant loggers are back at it again.

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