KUALA TERENGGANU – The Terengganu state government has denied that an arrest has been made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against those allegedly involved in illegal logging and forest encroachment activities in the state.<\/p>\n
Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said the MACC had only carried out investigations against those arrested after the enforcement action taken by the state Forestry Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cI myself did not know (that the MACC has made an arrest). In fact, the state government has instructed the MACC as well as other agencies including the Royal Malaysian Police to assist the Forestry Department in carrying out enforcement because they don\u2019t have enough staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlhamdulilah, lately, many arrests have been made by the state Forestry Department and they are aggressively carrying out enforcement to ensure that forest encroachment in the state can be prevented,\u201d he told reporters during a break of the State Legislative Assembly sitting in Wisma Darul Iman on Tuesday, 12th December.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ahmad Razif advised the parties who wanted to make compensation claim from the Kuala Terengganu-Bypass project to bring the matter to court to ensure their rights were protected.<\/p>\n
He said the project was fully carried out by the Federal Government and any compensation to landowners should be settled according to the terms that had been stated by the party concerned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe land acquisition issue is under the federal government…they need to bring it to court if there is any dissatisfaction, let the court decide.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there is a need to appeal to the Land and Mine Office, we will give support but before that the state government should wait for the court decision,” he said.- BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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