Anti-palm oil presentation by students is a disservice to the country, says Teresa Kok


She said the MPOC had allocated RM1.5mil to replant one million oil palm trees on 2,500 ha in Lower Kawag, Lahad Datu, Sabah over the next 10 years.

KUALA LUMPUR: An international school here has came under fire from Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok (pic) for purportedly staging a performance that depicted its students in a protest against oil palm plantations.

According to Kok, the performance had associated the plantations with deforestation and logging.

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