Groups want to meet PM over Lynas licence renewal


KUALA LUMPUR: Civil society groups are pleading to meet Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad before the Cabinet decides whether to renew the operating licence of Australia-owned Lynas Corp’s rare earth processing plant in Gebeng, Pahang.

Save Malaysia Stop Lynas chairman Tan Bun Teet said the groups had written to Dr Mahathir seeking to meet him but their letter was neither acknowledged nor replied.

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