I have been receiving emails from unknown sources, bits and pieces of information on a mining company Asian Rare Earth or ARE that has been in operation in Perak (my home state) and warning of the dangers faced by the residents. Then this bit of info came from the past like a blast ...... "Four members of the Perak Anti-Radiation Committee (PARC) members were arrested under ISA on Oct 27, 1987 under Operasi Lalang. So was their lawyer who was then CAP's legal adviser Meena Raman. All five were released two months later. The four PARC men had given press statements and held protests against the operations of the Asian Rare Earth factory which extracted rare earth the by-products of which emit radiation....."
and with some research, now I've got a better understanding from here and for further reading here !
How well-informed are we ?..... or now do I turn the other way ?
2 comments:
We must stop the Gebeng project - where Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd is planning to start a rare earth project in September.
We must!
Agree.
It seems like Malaysia becomes some kind of 3rd world country where other countries can dump their toxic waste here or set up high risk processing plant here.
Pahang state govt not only allow this Australian company to process rare earth here, but also waived their tax for 12 years!!! Why Pahang state govt allow setting up of this facility while the company was rejected by Australian and China govt to set up the plant in their country?
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