Pahang residents has urged Australia's Lynas Corp to "pack up and leave" Malaysia

News that the Najib administration had agreed to allow Australian miner Lynas to set up the refinery had sparked a public outcry. Within days of the news, the tsunami and consequent nuclear meltdown at two reactors hit Japan. That spurred Kuantan residents fearing radioactive fallout from the rare earth mining operations into greater urgency.

Contamination from radioactive waste had caused many cancer-linked deaths to the Bukit Merah residents and although more than two decades have passed, Mitsubishi has still to finish clearing the radioactive materials from the old ARE site.

Najib refuses to accept petition from Kuantan residents to stop Lynas.



MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the public must be consulted first before a license was given to Lynas to operate the plant.

Vincent Jiam, leader of a group of Pahang residents protesting the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant, said that plant would bring more harm than good.
If Vincent and the group can come all the way to see their PM, then I think Najib should be man enough to face them in person.