About 40 people from civil society groups marched to Parliament yesterday, urging the government to expedite a transboundary haze law, six years after a stalled attempt to have the House of Representatives debate a similar proposal.
The groups led by Greenpeace Malaysia and student group Himpunan Advokasi Rakyat Malaysia (Haram) called for legislation empowering Malaysian authorities to investigate and hold companies accountable for environmental harm abroad, following fresh report findings on fires in Indonesian concession areas linked to Malaysian and Singaporean business groups.
A report by Greenpeace Indonesia, Greenpeace Malaysia and Pantau Gambut identified 6,811 haze-source points between 8 August and 1 October, including 970 within forestry concessions and 980 within oil palm concessions.
Source: KiniTV / YouTube
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- Tegakkan maruah serta kualiti kehidupan rakyat
- Galakkan pembangunan saksama, lestari serta tangani krisis alam sekitar
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- Lawan rasuah dan kronisme
Sickening. A Madani claimant government fails by all accounts when civil society is forced to march to the gates of Parliament.
the haze has affected Klang Valley for past 2 months of Aug and Sept.
1. Has anyone seen any report, petition or paper presenting the facts about Haze before this Greenpeace Memo?
2. What have the various Universities with related Dept in Environmental Studies or Minisitries of Environment in ASEAN wrote about 2026 Transboundary Haze?
3. How can a poor organisation which depends on crowd funding and no large donor produce a revealing Memo?