Green issues hold up UMB’s plans


PETALING JAYA: There will be some delay in the progress of United Malacca Bhd’s (UMB) large scale commercial cash crop joint-venture (JV) in Indonesia because of environmental issues.

The planter decided to halt the operation of its 60%-owned Indonesian JV PT Wana Rindang Lestari (WRL) in Sulawesi starting on Saturday to address the issues raised by several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) recently.

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