Tuesday April 21, 2009

Massive tree felling in Pulau Redang

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu government has started a probe on the indiscriminate felling of trees at a project site on Pulau Redang.

State Industrial, Commerce and Environment Committee chairman Toh Chin Yaw, who discovered the felling, said a stop-work order would be issued to prevent further environmental damage.

“The state will issue the stop-work order pending a report from the Department of Environment,” he said.

Toh, who visited the island on Thursday, expressed disappointment over the massive felling of the trees.

“This is surely an irresponsible act. The question is whether one of the contractors of the project was involved,” he said when contacted here yesterday.

Toh said that DOE enforcement officers had visited the site to check the situation.