Residents concerned over effects of hill-clearing works

An aerial shot shows the area which has been cleared for agricultural use, with the residential area at the foothills beneath it.

IPOH: Residents of Taman Chepor Sentosa near here are up in arms over logging and forest-clearing work being carried out at the Kledang Saiong Hill.

Neighbourhood watch committee chairman Shamsul Kamar Ani said work started on the 151.49ha piece of land – which he claims is part of the Kinta Valley Geopark – about one month ago.