Orang Asli in Sg Siput demand stop to logging activities


Accompanying the orang asli group was Parti Sosialis Malaysia Chairman Dr.Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (2nd left) and Mat Seri Pandak (left),spokesman's for the orang asli group at the Forestry Department headquarter.

IPOH: A group of Orang Asli from Jalong Tinggi in Sungai Siput are urging the state Forestry Department to instruct a company to cease logging activities there.

The group’s spokesman Mat Seri Pandak said the logging activities over the past six months had not only caused pollution to Sungai Korbu, their main water source, but had also affected their livelihood.

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