Lynas was asked to comment on what will happen to the waste once they decide to close the plant – is it going to be shipped back to Australia? No answer given. They didn’t want to talk about the waste at all. Lynas says the waste product is radioactive. This perhaps explain why there should be great concern by the people living and working within the vicinity of the plant.There is every reason to suspect that the residents of Kuantan ( Kuantan Town,Beserah,Balok,Gebeng up to kemaman ) are not aware of the potential dangers they are exposed to. How many of these residents are even aware of the location of such a plant in Gebeng?
Have we not learnt from the ARE tragedies in Papan and Bukit Merah that the politicians who had much to gain had placed public safety and accountability last?
The offcial answer given by Lynas when asked why not in Australia but in Malaysia, is total bull…. Lynas said “Lynas subsequently identified Malaysia as the best global location for this plant. It is a credit to Malaysia that there are great port facilities, industrial land, good chemical supplies, reliable utilities, a clear legal framework, strict and clear regulations, good education standards at secondary, technical and university levels and a government with a vision for value added industry.” Lynas must be thinking that we Malaysian are ignorants and fools. All these consideration are also available in Australia and in fact much better especially in education, legal framework, etc.
May be, MIDA and other government agency members present can easily be fooled by Lynas, but not us. This is a very serious matter .
Bukit Merah was, and still is, a disaster that was basically swept under the carpet with all the other nasty stuff from the last twenty years or so. Let’s not have a repeat of this Lynas business nonsense and ‘pulling the wool over the public’s eyes’ in Pahang or elsewhere in Malaysia.
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