Nor Hisham said for the first two months of the year, 283 cases of open burning involving farms, plantations, forests, bushes, peat land and landfills have been recorded throughout the state.
An elderly woman was punched during an argument with her neighbour’s grandson as he took offence when she reprimanded him for open burning of garbage at the glamping homestay in Tg Kling here yesterday.
The government has issued a letter calling for Malaysian plantation companies with operations in Indonesia to ensure that they do not practice open burning to avoid transboundary haze.
