‘Be transparent over murky situation’


Dark water: A member of a local NGO pouring a sample of the dark water back into the stream. — Photo courtesy of Adrian Lasimbang

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Environment Protection Department (EPD) should make public the environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports for the RM2bil silica sand mining operation in northern Kudat district.

Indigenous rights activist Adrian Lasimbang said various NGOs as well as residents from the five villages affected by the project had been asking for the reports.

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