The Tekai hydroelectric project was among six energy projects cancelled by the Pakatan Harapan government for being "unfeasible", but it may have been too late as satellite images show massive forest loss in the Tekai Forest Reserve, environmentalists said.

The forest loss is estimated to be about 9,150ha, twice the size of Putrajaya, environmental group Rimba Disclosure Project said, based on satellite imagery provided in the Global Forest Watch’s database...