DAP criticised for not living up to environmental promise
PETALING JAYA: MCA had slammed DAP for being hypocritical in championing for the environment but, at the same time, its leaders are allegedly involved in clearing out green lungs.
Kelantan MCA youth chief Gan Han Chuan said DAP's anti-pollution stand is "purely a performance" and that the party was a hypocrite acting entirely on political interests.
He said DAP's manifesto which touched on the environment is nothing more than empty promises to fish for votes.
"In reality, DAP has wreaked severe damage to the environment and depleted green lungs. DAP is an absolutely hypocritical party saying one thing, but performing the exact opposite," he said in a statement yesterday.
He was referring to a report that a large part of the 4,000 hectares of Sungai Relai Forest Reserve in Gua Musang, Kelantan had been logged by a firm allegedly linked to Perak DAP chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham.
The logging activity, which was believed to have started in April this year, had stripped the terrain bare and caused pollution to nearby villages.
Gan said DAP had repeatedly extolled environmental protection and promised to implement green policies but since governing Penang, major hillslope projects are still being carried out while the company purportedly linked to Ngeh had destroyed Kelantan's forest reserves.
"DAP preached tirelessly on safeguarding the environment, but they are thousands of miles apart from practising it.
"Now that DAP has stakes in this personal interest of theirs, the concept of looking after the environment is shoved completely behind them," he said.
-The STAR-
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