20/2/2014 – Lorries can’t ‘log’ out of Camerons

BY ISABELLE LAI

PETALING JAYA: Three fully-loaded heavy-duty timber lorries are now stuck in Cameron Highlands after the authorities were informed about their presence there by Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands (Reach).

According to a Cameron Highlands District Council 1995 by-law, timber lorries are banned from using local roads from KM64.96 in Tapah to KM86.31 at the Blue Valley border.

Council secretary Mazlan Mohamed Isa said his officers had gone over to the site in Carnation Park housing area, Tanah Rata, on Tuesday evening and forbade the lorry drivers from leaving the area.

He said the owner of the lorries had been informed of the law and was told to find an different type of vehicle to transport the logs out. Read more from the star.com.my

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Note from REACH:

Another case of NO ACTION TALK ONLY from a gov. official.  The lorries moved out without any agency stopping them. REACH can only highlight, we are a community group. It’s the government agencies who are empowered with the ACT’s and the laws at hand. And they choose to ignore it because the “powers that be” condone this blatant disregard of rules in Corruption Highlands.