PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s image will suffer internationally if a proposal to build an elevated highway within the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) area materialises, Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) president Prof Dr Maketab Mohamad said.
He strongly condemned the proposed highway across FRIM, which is the largest and oldest man-made tropical forest in the world. He called on the developers to find an alternative route that would not threaten FRIM’s grounds.
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