KLANG: While the fire caused by open burning is still raging at the Kuala Langat Selatan Forest Reserve, state authorities are also saddled with simmering peat fires in Johan Setia here.
The Selangor government had in 2019 said it would confiscate land belonging to errant farmers who resorted to open burning and in October that year, some 20 landowners were identified and investigated for carrying out open burning to clear their land of old vegetable crops.
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