Put a Stop to irrational development: Paper mills Poisoning rivers In Sabah

'Unusual' fish harvest from Beluran river
Beluran: Local residents of Kampung Rampek at Jalan Kuala Sapi here harvested "hundreds" of fish gasping for air at Sungai Muanad since early Wednesday.

The phenomenon followed heavy rain a few days earlier, and the villagers claimed they could each catch a few bags of fish waiting on the surface.

While many described the phenomenon as highly unusual, some believed that toxic effluent being dumped into the river had polluted the waters. The toxic waste could have originated from the palm oil mills located near the river.

Cousins Ricky Majunis, 36, and Willy Lanjungin, 25, claimed that the river seemed to be covered with oil slicks.

Beluran Fisheries Officer, Mohd Din Gapang, said the phenomenon normally occurred every year, following heavy rain.

However, the department here had yet to receive a report on the incident, he added.

He did not rule out that toxic effluent from the mills located near Sungai Muanad could have been the contributing factor, saying the department had been analysing water samples from the river over the years, and found it to be heavily polluted.

13Friday

palm oil mills are causing that.

you may have it right on the dot on tt one , but paper mills in sipitang ( SFI) are also to blame for death of the sipitang Coast

13Friday

Actually the paper mill has destroy the forests around it for selfish gains also.

haha friday , i used to remember how my dad used to talk about how much fish and prawns ( which you coud catch with your bare hands!) off the coasts in Sipitang were once upon a time rich with marine life... untill SFI came

13Friday

sadly but surely going the way of illegal unless we put a stop to all the oil palms further development

oil palm is alright provided they meet up with environmental standards , why not the state TAX the industry as means to encourage the industry to take up environmental safety measures.

13Friday

when the conditions for oil palm growing healthy are not available,
the total loss would be tremendous.

max and min temperature are already not prevailing.

Obersliutenant

do you remember those days Friday? kids playing by the beach, white sand , clear pristine blue  waters...  Likas Bay used to be like Australia's i heard once ...

13Friday

tanjung aru beach was once like that.