Appoint Kelantan Orang Asli as rangers

January 27, 2015

Orang Asli can monitor illegal logging and land clearing said to be a primary factor in the massive floods in Kelantan.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Orang Asli community in Kelantan should be appointed as honorary or volunteer rangers to monitor illegal logging and illegal land clearing in the state.

Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Shahidan Kassim said the government could help the community by opening nurseries to provide them some additional income.

We employ the Orang Asli to plant trees and help with the surveillance and monitoring of illegal logging and land clearing, he told reporters after launching the Undergraduates Parliamentary Session organised by the Malaysian Council of Former Elected Representatives (Mubarak) at Parliament House yesterday.

Mubarak president Abdul Aziz Rahman was also present at the event.

The two-day session co-organised by Mubarak, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) and the Education Ministry was chaired by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Excessive illegal logging and land clearing activities were said to be among the primary factors contributing towards the massive floods in Kelantan.

- BERNAMA

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Appoint Kelantan Orang Asli as rangers