Environmentalists plead for Kedah, Penang to begin talks over water feud
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An environmental coalition has called on government heads of Kedah and Penang as well as Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to begin mediated talks between the two states over a water feud.
In an open letter addressed to the three parties, the Friends of Ulu Muda (Foum) made the plea amid increasing friction between the two state governments on the right to draw raw water from Sungai Muda for use as water supply for the Kedah and Penang people. Amongst other things, the Kedah state government has plans to divert and store water from the Muda River which would.
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25 Jan 2021 / 10:43 H.
WHETHER intended or not, the Kedah state government or at least its mentri besar has shown itself as a non-inclusive administration where the interests of the minorities are secondary.
It has also indicated in no uncertain terms that the needs of others beyond its jurisdiction are inconsequential.
We can put one isolated ethnic-tinged faux pas down to indiscretion or even immaturity on the part of its leader.
Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor’s (
pix) inexcusable retort of being “drunk on toddy” undoubtedly reveals how far he will go beyond social norms in a war of words.
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