Logging, sand mining and rubbish dumping go unchecked in Kg Pasir

The Star, Thursday February 28, 2013

By STUART MICHAEL
metro@thestar.com.my
Photos by S.S KANESAN

Raped: Trees that are cut down are transported out of the illegal logging site near the Batangsi waterfalls.

 

THREE illegal operations — logging, sand mining and rubbish dumping — are being carried out by one operator in Kampung Pasir, Semenyih for the last several months.

 

 

The operator, who is believed to be a thug in the village, has even threatened and forced a landowner out of his land in order to mine sand.

All three illegal activities are being conducted on a 33ha site in the village, which is visible from the hilltop at Nirvana Memorial Garden in Semenyih.

The illegal dumping and sand mining sites are located on a 5ha land near Batu 18, Jalan Sungai Lalang, while logging activities are going on in a forest some 3km away.