1 million signatures to shut down Lynas

KUALA LUMPUR: Environmental group group Himpunan Hijau will start a campaign next month to collect one million signatures against the Lynas rare earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang. It plans to achieve the one million target within 100 days. “The one million signatures collected will represent the people’s strong commitment to bring down Lynas,” Himpunan Hijau…

AELB – winner of ‘most stupid statement ever’

MP SPEAKS Are politicians and regulatory bodies in Malaysia fighting to win of ‘The most stupid statement ever’ contest? If so, then first prize must go to the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB). In issuing a temporary operating licence (TOL), its director-general Raja Abdul Aziz Raja Adnan said the agency had relied on Australian rare…

Scorpenes and Lynas: Going to foreign courts to get justice

PKR MP for Kuantan Fuziah Salleh warned over the weekend that efforts to stop the operations of the Lynas rare earth plant may eventually end up in a foreign court. One may wonder why we would need outsiders to be involved in our internal matters. Sad to say, this is a sign of how untrustworthy…

Anti-Lynas group: PSC report mere hogwash

Lynas opponent SMSL has deemed the parliamentary panel’s study and report on the controversial plant ‘predictably pitiful and lack credibility’. KUALA LUMPUR: Save Malaysia Stop Lynas(SMSL) has dismissed the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) report on the Lynas project as mere “government hogwash”. “The report is predictably pitiful and lack credibility. It is nothing more than…

Peaceful anti-Lynas gathering at Gebeng

PETALING JAYA: About 1,500 anti-Lynas protesters gathered peacefully at Gebeng Industrial Park, Kuantan this morning to oppose the siting of the Lynas rare earth plant there. The protest, organised by Himpunan Hijau, saw the protesters sending a strong message against the Australian mining company. Himpunan Hijau chairman Wong Tack had previously told FMT that the…

Lynas TOL appeal rejected: We will sue even to the Aussie courts, vows Fuziah

The people of Kuantan are naturally disappointed with the decision to reject the appeal made by three Kuantan residents to overturn the temporary operating licence (TOL) issued to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp) by the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB). The decision was made by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Dr Maximus Ongkili in…

Anti-Lynas Rising Flame of Anger

Anti-Lynas group vows ‘wave after wave’ of protests KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — Himpunan Hijau warned Lynas Corp and the government today of “wave after wave” of protests against the impending issuance of a temporary operating licence (TOL) for the Australian miner’s rare earth plant, beginning with a day-long assembly this weekend. The coalition of…

Environmental Protest Becomes Rallying Point in Malaysia – NY Times

KUALA LUMPUR — When a planned 24-hour environmental protest gets under way this Saturday on the outskirts of the coastal Malaysian town of Kuantan, the roll call will include speakers from across the country. While the catalyst for the rally is the construction of a rare earth refinery nearby — the target of a sustained…

Lynas whitewashing refinery safety concerns, says Fuziah

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — PKR’s Fuziah Salleh has accused Lynas Corp of whitewashing safety concerns of its planned refinery in Kuantan by claiming there is a “concerted political campaign” against the plant’s construction, The Australian miner’s boss, Nicholas Curtis, attributed persistent opposition to the rare earths plant as a political campaign, saying last week…

Himpunan Hijau 3.0 a matter of ‘life and death’, says anti-Lynas lobby

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — Himpunan Hijau today defended its decision to hold its third rally the same day as electoral reform group Bersih 2.0, saying that a “massive” gathering was needed to convince the government to reject Lynas Corp’s refinery in Gebeng, Pahang. The group said today that it’s planned April 28 rally was…