The federal government is working to release maps of oil palm plantations in Malaysia to the public in a bid to improve transparency, said Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok.

She said this when asked to respond to Malaysiakini’s report that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has withheld publishing the location of most RSPO-certified palm oil mills and plantations due to concerns over the Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA)...