IPOH: The Perak Environment Department has beefed up enforcement activities to deter open burning, says state environment committee chairman Teh Kok Lim.
FOR years, the Orang Asli at Kampung Sinju in Simpang Pulai, Perak, have been foraging near the Bukit Kinta Forest Reserve near their village and carrying out small-scale farming.
A FIRE at a plastic factory along Jalan Perindustrian Mahkota Utama in Beranang, Semenyih and a diesel spill at Sungai Slim River, prompted the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) to issue a code yellow warning for both incidents.
KUALA KANGSAR: Environmentalists and villagers near Salak Utara were shocked to find more than 200ha of land clearing allegedly carried out at the Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve.