Kedah govt had prior warning of a ‘ticking time bomb’


PETALING JAYA: The floods in Baling were a “ticking time bomb” which could have been due to development on Gunung Inas despite authorities saying otherwise, say environmental groups.

Association for the Protection of Natural Heritage of Malaysia president Damien Thanam Divean questioned if the Kedah government had constantly monitored the mountain slopes after a stop-work order was issued to a durian plantation in 2020 as claimed.

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