PARLIAMENT | Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim today questioned how the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) could have overlooked the construction of a golf resort in a gazetted mangrove area in Sungai Pulai.

In his committee stage budget debate in Dewan Rakyat, he urged the Finance Ministry to look into whether Irda, which is jointly chaired by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Johor Menteri Besar Dr Sahruddin Jamal, has been toothless in its task on developing Iskandar Malaysia...