Govt urged to put permanent moratorium on mining, logging in forests

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) today called on the federal and state governments to impose a permanent moratorium on all mining and logging activities in forests.

Its central committee member Sharan Raj said that such activities would only damage the country's lush tropical rainforests.

"Malaysia as a country in the archipelago is gifted with tropical rainforests and biodiversity. These rainforests play a major function...