Masing: Stop logging in upper reaches of Batang Baleh river or deadly logjams will recur


SIBU: The government has been urged to stop renewing timber licences for companies to operate at the upper reaches of the Batang Baleh river after another logjam on Saturday (Aug 21).

The logjam started in the upper reaches of Batang Baleh and passed by Kapit between 8.30pm and 11pm.

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