Chant legal adviser Yan Lee says the biggest offenders involved in clearing land illegally are wealthy and could easily pay the fines imposed.
At a press conference today, Chant legal adviser Yan Lee showed how a 350m hilltop was cleared illegally on the island despite three notices by the city council ordering them to stop.“The present practice of meting out fines has not achieved the desired effect as the offenders had plenty of money. He said that some of these companies are building projects worth hundreds of millions of ringgit but the fines imposed by the courts for land clearing-related offences are only up to RM50,000.
The farm, however, appeared to look like a park, with concrete-paved roads able to fit two pick-up trucks side by side, with saplings of durian trees planted on its contours, a visit to the site showed. Lee said besides the durian park clearing, another hilltop on the other end of the range which was cleared illegally in 2013 has not been rehabilitated.
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