Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article had reported comments made by a Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd executive carried by The Malaysian Insight. That executive has denied making those statements. The article has been edited to reflect this.

Johor exco member Tan Hong Pin has clarified that he did not state that a portion of the Sungai Pulai mangrove area was no longer a forest reserve since 2017.

He was cited as saying so by The Malaysian Insight in its report today.