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Campaign to pressure S'gor lawmakers to oppose degazetting forest reserve
A coalition called "Defend the North Kuala Langat Forest Reserve" sent petition letters to all state and federal lawmakers in Selangor yesterday (Oct 29) in a bid to get signatures to oppose the degazetting of this forest reserve.
It then shared a "scorecard" containing the complete list of all 71 assemblypersons and MPs on the website of environmental activist Greenpeace.
Members of the public can see which representative supports the initiative, opposes, or has yet to respond to the letter.
The letter was also published on the website.
While the initiative was only launched yesterday, Kota Anggerik assemblyperson Mohd Najwan Halimi has become the first on the list supporting the initiative...
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