GEORGETOWN, May 14 – The Barisan Nasional Opposition leader Datuk Jahara Hamid (BN-Teluk Air Tawar) and Datuk Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah (BN-Teluk Bahang) tell Penang focus on the states issues of cited land clearance incidents on Bukit Kecil, Sungai Pinang in Teluk Bahang in a press conference here today.
“The first highlighted the incident was three months ago when he brought TV3 reporters to the site but until today, there was doesn’t have any answer given by the state government. There are no signboards to show and the land was clearing around four or five acres which is in a water catchment area near the Teluk Bahang Dam,” said Datuk Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah.
“All members of the Penang assembly must to focus on problems such as illegal land clearings, floods, and illegal factories. It was a serious issues. You couldn’t have any development in a water catchment area. That should be illegal. Are they clearing the land to plant durian trees?” Datuk Jahara Hamid said at a press conference.
“I don’t think that the work near the dam is by the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) with neglect putting up signboards. In the same time, I have received some new photos from villagers near the site which is the work at there was still ongoing,” Datuk Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah added. Lastly , he hope that the state to give some answers in this issues.
