PETALING JAYA: Minister Yeo Bee Yin is making plans to go to Australia to discuss Lynas with its government officials. The Cabinet, said Yeo, had decided to let her go and meet government officials in Australia, adding that the Australian government had the power to issue the permits for shipping waste back to the country. Yeo, who had previously told Lynas to honour its commitment to remove its water leach purification residue from Malaysia said she would meet with the relevant minister on the issue. Western Australia’s Mining mi­­nis­ter Bill Johnston had, in May, ruled out the possibility of importing the waste from Lynas in Gebeng. After that, we continued to monitor the site, and even Lynas monitored (the site).

Source: The Star June 01, 2019 00:22 UTC