The Malaysian Bar has urged the Selangor state government to continue to protect its permanent forest reserves and that due process should be followed when removing such lands from their protected status.

Bar president AG Kalidas said the Bar is “deeply concerned” by Selangor exco member Hee Loy Sian’s purported position that portions of forests reserves in Shah Alam have been “degazetted” because land titles have already been issued to private developers...