Penang green lung turned into dumpsite

Calling for action: SAM staff holding up banners protesting the dumping of waste in the cleared mangrove swamp land in Lintang Bayan Lepas, Batu Maung in Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Part of a 20ha mangrove swampland, the last green lung in Batu Maung, has now become a dumping ground for construction and industrial waste.

Unscrupulous people, under the pretext of clearing the forest, allegedly razed a portion of the mangrove swamp a week ago to create a bigger dumping ground.