{
  "id": 9261475,
  "title": "Mahkamah tolak permohonan semakan kehakiman RimbaWatch terhadap 2 kementerian",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/mahkamah-tolak-permohonan-semakan-kehakiman-rimbawatch-terhadap-2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T03:49:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/23/mahkamah-tolak-permohonan-semakan-kehakiman-rimbawatch-terhadap-2-kementerian"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysia's High Court rejected a petition from environmental watchdog RimbaWatch challenging two ministers over a claim that their campaign promoting fossil fuel products as carbon neutral was misleading. The petition aimed to challenge a decision made by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Wildlife (NRES) and the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDN) last year.\n\nRimbaWatch's lawyer, Kumaresan Thurairaju, said the solicitor general, Azizan Md Arshad, dismissed the petition in chambers. The court did not issue any orders regarding costs. RimbaWatch plans to appeal the decision and write to the court seeking a reason for its rejection. Both ministers were represented by Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Shapiee and Intan Syafinaz Ros’lin, while Abhilaash Subramaniam appeared as amicus curiae for the Bar Council.\n\nLast year, RimbaWatch filed complaints against the two ministers regarding the promotion of a fossil fuel company that claimed its products were carbon neutral, a claim deemed misleading. RimbaWatch argued that they filed complaints against both ministers because KPDN represented an agency under a minister appointed to protect consumers, while NRES represented an agency under a minister appointed to prevent pollution and protect the environment. \"We believe that if this claim is truly misleading, as we believe it is, it could undermine consumer protection and environmental interests,\" the statement read.\n\nHowever, KPDN clarified to RimbaWatch that the claim was outside their jurisdiction and needed to be raised with NRES, which then asked RimbaWatch to file the complaint with KPDN.",
  "summary": "RimbaWatch sebelum ini fail aduan kepada dua kementerian berhubung iklan bahan api fosil dakwa 'neutral karbon'.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "1MDB mohon kebenaran Mahkamah Persekutuan kembalikan saman terhadap White & Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/1mdb-mohon-kebenaran-mahkamah-persekutuan-kembalikan-saman-terhadap",
        "published": "2026-09-21T07:03:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}