Plea to stop destruction of forests

TWO days ago, my husband and I saw a distressing sight during our routine commute from Shah Alam to Putrajaya. Lying on the emergency lane just past Exit 613B of the Putrajaya Expressway was the small broken body of a baby monkey. Barely 10m ahead lay its ­mother, also mangled and still. Both had been struck down by speeding vehicles.

This heart-wrenching tragedy is not an isolated event. It is emblematic of the silent but vio­lent war waged daily against Malay­sia’s once-verdant wilderness.