The Kedah state government has assured that no new quarries or logging licenses have been issued for the Gunung Raya Permanent Forest Reserve in Langkawi.

This comes after more than 16,000 people signed a petition to save the rainforest complex, which is part of a Unesco geopark, from logging and sand mining.

Responding to protests over the matter, the Kedah Menteri Besar (MB)'s office said...