Merotai rep digs into legality of gold mining in Tawau’s Bukit Mantri


KOTA KINABALU: A Parti Warisan assemblyman raised a poser over the legality of the Tawau gold mining operations amid the state government’s stance that it is legal.

Merotai assemblyman Sarifuddin Hata (pic) claimed that he has proof in the form of a copy of a letter issued earlier this month from the Malaysian Mineral and Geoscience Department that mining was not allowed to continue at the Bukit Mantri location.

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