At risk: An image of the amazing crown shyness pattern created by the many kapur trees present in Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve. — ZAHARIL DZULKAFLY/The Star
WE refer to the ongoing controversy regarding the status of the Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve in Section U10, Shah Alam. Various NGOs and civil society groups are protesting plans to develop parts of the forest reserve.
Selangor state executive councillor Hee Loy Sian commented on the matter on Oct 23, emphasising that the reserve has been excised (colloquially referred to as “degazetted”), with land titles issued to private developers, and that it had been degazetted without any notice being published. He is reported to have said, “If the said plots of land had not been degazetted, land titles could not be issued”, and “The NGOs should ask the previous state government about the move to degazette the land and why a notice was not published” (“Hee: Developers hold land titles for plots of Shah Alam forest reserve”, The Star; online at bit.ly/star_reserve).
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