Orang Asli, agencies, join in chorus against degazetting Kuala Langat forest

A town hall session on the Selangor government’s plan to degazette the Kuala Langat (North) Forest Reserve heard a chorus of no’s from the Orang Asli community, environmental NGOs, federal agencies and even a private firm.

Despite being held on Pulau Carey, a 55-minute drive from the forest reserve, representatives from at least seven Orang Asli villages attended yesterday’s event...