A worker walks inside the Lynas factory compound in Gebeng, April 19, 2012. — Reuters pic
The Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas coalition said they are “appalled” by the Cabinet’s decision to let Lynas remain in Malaysia, even after suspicions were raised about the firm’s commitment to ship back over half a million tonnes worth of toxic waste out of the country.“Is Tun so obsessed with Lynas and its toxic investment that our health and our environment no longer matters to him?” the grassroots said in a statement.
SMSL activists also said Lynas had misled Malaysia by giving two undertakings to remove its toxic radioactive waste from Malaysia, even though Western Australia had made it clear back in 2011 that its waste would not be accepted into WA. “We are appalled by the Flying Car Minister Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof advocating for Lynas to keep the toxic waste in Malaysia and more recently, the Bauxite Minister Xavier Jayakumar on rare earth heat wanting to exploit the country’s projected RM700 billion rare earth resources,” it said.