Don’t Lie to God on Timber at Steep Areas!
By Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan
Refer to Sabah Forestry Department Director, Datuk Sam Mannan statement at The Star and Sabahkini.net today, I hereby demand public explaination from the distinguished director.
The issue is was the approval given in an area of steep areas 25 degrees and above it’s not the question of matter ‘logging has taken place or not on the steep slopes’.
It’s clearly shown in the contour maps that the area YS3/07 (5), YS 3/07 (6) Part A, YS 3/07 (6) Part B are of steep areas 25 degrees and above. How did the Forestry Department give the approval?
We believed the map was falsified in order to get the approval for the area YS3/07 (5), YS 3/07 (6) Part A, YS 3/07 (6) Part B. Do not waste time talking issue that the area irrelevant. If you are so sure that the approval does not include steep areas 25 degrees and above, please make all documents public.
And further the issue of steep area, the area YS3/07 (5), YS 3/07 (6) Part A, YS 3/07 (6) Part B, approximately 8,000 hectares is the last virgin jungle in Sabah and we want the area to be converted to Virgin Jungle Reserve (VJR) for our Sabahan and Malaysian future.
BARRIER…. God create mountain and river to be a barrier for you to read the contour map. This is not a joke for Sabahan.
The public minds is how did the steep area 25 degrees and above converted to non-steep area 25 degrees and below (convert a mountain to flat land) and the approval being obtained. What’s the hidden agenda behind all this?
How did Datuk Seri Musa Aman, the Chief Minister directly or indirectly involved in the approval that was given to Danagaya Sdn.Bhd, a company linked to Yap Siaw Lin and Michael Chia who are being investigated by ICAC, Hong Kong for money laundering.
