More than 10 permanent forest reserves in Johor have been explored illegally

The Johor Forestry Department has detected more than 10 areas in the state's Permanent Forest Reserves (PFR) that have been explored illegally by Orang Asli as well as irresponsible parties.

Its director, Salim Aman, said the explored areas were found to have been used as a settlement and rubber and palm oil plantations, based on the presence of the tools and machinery...