Ministry probing its departments on unchecked iron mining

The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry is investigating the departments responsible for overseeing an iron ore mining operator that operated for nine years in Kelantan, without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.
Its minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said owing to the overlapping approval mechanisms at the state and federal levels, the matter was not straightforward.
“We will check the details as…