{
  "id": 6558234,
  "title": "Tiada permit, lelaki didenda RM6,000 kerana bertani di hutan simpan kekal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/tiada-permit-lelaki-didenda-rm6-000-kerana-bertani-di-hutan-simpan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T07:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/10/tiada-permit-lelaki-didenda-rm6-000-kerana-bertani-di-hutan-simpan-kekal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 61-year-old man named Lee Kai Sang has been fined RM6,000 and sentenced to two months in jail by a Seremban Sessions Court for cultivating and breeding insects and fish in a protected forest without a permit. The court imposed the fine and jail term on Lee after he pleaded guilty to conducting agricultural and animal husbandry activities in the Angsi Forest Reserve's Permanent Forest Estate without a permit. The judge, Shahrul Rizal Majid, also ordered Lee to pay the fine if he fails to do so. Lee was charged with planting durian, rambutan, and banana trees, as well as breeding bees and freshwater fish in a colony, without a permit, in Section 55 of Forest Reserve Compound on the morning of August 12. The charges were brought under Section 32(1) of the National Forestry Act 1984, accepted in Negeri Sembilan under the National Forestry (Charges) Regulations 1986, and can be punished under Section 32(2) of the same Act, which includes a maximum fine of RM100,000, a maximum jail term of seven years, or both. Assistant Public Prosecutor for the Department of Forestry Malaysia Muhammad Hanis Zulkapli sought a strong penalty based on Lee's last recorded payment of a Forest Reserve usage permit in 2017. He said that the situation shows that Lee knew that the use of the land in question required a usage permit, but continued to use it for nearly eight years without a permit. \"The land in question falls within the area that requires a usage permit in the Permanent Forest Reserve, and using the land without paying the permit has caused financial loss to the state since 2018,\" he said. When asked, Lee said that he signed a contract with another landowner in 2019 and has been paying rent for the land since 2014. \"I make ends meet through the sale of crops and fish, while my wife is a teacher and helps pay for our family's housing costs.\"",
  "summary": "Lee Kai Sang mengaku bersalah bertani selain ternak lebah kelulut dan ikan air tawar tanpa permit di Hutan Simpan Angsi.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Tiada permit, lelaki didenda RM6,000 kerana bertani di hutan simpan kekal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/tiada-permit-lelaki-didenda-rm6-000-kerana-bertani-di-hutan-simpan-6558604",
        "published": "2026-09-10T07:50:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}