“Although the clearing on the developer’s land is only about 10% of the whole project area, it may delay the approval for the project,” he said yesterday. Another resident, Fauzi Shaari, 43, in Kampung Mengkuang Titi, about 3km away, said the villagers were worried as the rainy season was approaching. Kampung Mengkuang Titi Village Com­munity Management Council chairman Abd Hamid Maidin explained that there are about 500 houses and about 3,000 residents in the village. On Tuesday, it was reported that villagers in Kampung Mengkuang Titi and Kampung Mengkuang were at the mercy of mother nature following deforestation and illegal logging on a hill near the Mengkuang Dam. All that is left of the land, which is the size of two football fields, is barren soil and dried branches.

Source: The Star May 02, 2019 00:00 UTC