No more dramatic comedy in Kuantan

Mutant issue: Anti-Lynas protesters making a stand on the Balok beach in 2012.

A FEW years before GE13, villagers from Kampung Balok, along the coast of Kuantan, were alarmed when the Opposition told them that a radioactive plant would be built in their backyard.

The Opposition had demonstrated in Kampung Balok against the proposed Lynas plant. Located in a 100ha site in the Gebeng Industrial Estate, it would be one of the largest and most modern rare earth separation plants in the world.