MP: Nothing natural about Baling floods, govt report on causes subpar

The report on the July 4 Baling floods, released last week, is defective as it does not investigate how regulations were breached to develop a durian plantation in the Gunung Inas Forest Reserve, Bukit Bendera MP Wong Hon Wai said.

The Energy and Natural Resources Ministry’s report on the causes of the fatal floods, which killed three and displaced more than 3000 residents, was released last Friday.

"This report is just an explanation from the geological perspective. It is incomplete and does not...