Another 400ha of land illegally cleared in Selangor

thestar - [...] Sekinchan assemblyman Ng Suee Lim said the site was a short distance from the illegal clearing found earlier and seemed to be outside the water catchment area but still within the forest reserve.

“Judging from the oil palm trees there, it seems the land had been cleared at least three years ago and we suspect the same syndicate (as highlighted earlier) is involved,” he told a media conference Friday.

It was reported on May 7 that 650ha of land in the water catchment area in Kuala Selangor, including the Raja Musa Forest Reserve, had been illegally cleared by a syndicate over the past two to three years.

The syndicate later “sold” plots of land at the site for farming even though it did not own them.

Ng said the syndicate had also leased land for farming at the new site without any documentation and farmers were charged RM1,500 for each 0.8ha plot.>> selanjutnya