7,000ha of Tasik Bera forest reserve ‘illegally cleared’
The Pahang state enforcement unit said the Orang Asli community had been duped and the land had been cleared to plant commercial crops such as oil palm and rubber.
In Pahang, Malaysia, authorities have discovered the illegal clearing of over 7,000 hectares of the Tasik Bera permanent forest reserve. The land, which is traditionally cultivated by the Semelai Orang Asli people, was cleared for commercial crops like oil palm and rubber. The enforcement unit suspects external syndicates are manipulating the Orang Asli community into clearing the land under false pretenses.
On September 15, police arrested five individuals for obstructing enforcement officers during an operation at the reserve.
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