Former plantation industries and commodities minister Teresa Kok has called for more conservation projects by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council’s cess fund as a method to combat false accusations against palm oil.

She said this after Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin shared her experience in Mecca recently where she learnt that Arab countries had put an unflattering light on the palm oil industry.

“I urge Zuraida to...