Lawyers for Environmental Rights will go to court to combat deforestation that it claims is causing the ongoing floods devastating parts of Selangor.

In a media statement today by lawyers Rajesh Nagarajan and Sachpreetraj Singh Sohanpal, the group contended that the planned lawsuit seeks to restore the lost balance of nature.

They pointed out that even though the rains that hit the Klang Valley, particularly Shah Alam, was unprecedented, they noted the impact has been magnified many times over by the Selangor government allowing...