{"id":2707,"date":"2012-03-02T10:08:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T02:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nbc.com.my\/blog\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2014-07-05T02:15:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T18:15:11","slug":"press-release-by-save-malaysia-stop-lynas-government-is-confused-and-is-misleading-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbc.com.my\/blog\/press-release-by-save-malaysia-stop-lynas-government-is-confused-and-is-misleading-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release by Save Malaysia Stop Lynas: Government is Confused and is Misleading the Public"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Press statement by\u00a0Save Malaysia Stop Lynas<\/strong>\u00a0(SMSL) on 1st<\/sup>\u00a0March 2012<\/p>\n

Government is Confused and is Misleading the Public in relation to the Lynas Rare Earth waste Management Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent statements by our ministers following the 15,000-strong Himpunan Hijau 2.0 peaceful assembly were erratic, inaccurate and misleading.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Firstly our\u00a0Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation\u00a0Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili was reported on 28th<\/sup>\u00a0February that waste water from the rare earth plant in the USA has been allowed to discharge directly into the drain.\u00a0 Molycorp rare earth plant, the only operational plant in the USA was in fact closed down over ten YEARS ago for ground water pollution.\u00a0 The newly revamped plant has mechanism in place to manage and contain all waste water in-house.\u00a0 No waste water from the plant will be discharged into any waterways unlike the poorly designed Lynas plant in Gebeng which dump its contaminated water into the Balok River and the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

Today,\u00a0Dato\u2019 Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Health reportedly suggested the Lynas\u2019 radioactive waste be shipped back to Australia. Obviously he had not checked with the Australian Government.<\/p>\n

The Western Australian Government through the\u00a0Minister for Mines and PetroleumNorman Moore has stated twice \u2013 once in answering to questions raised by Greens MP Robin Chapple in April last year, and when asked by journalist last week \u2013 that his Government would NOT accept any radioactive waste from another country including that generated by Lynas.<\/p>\n

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Photograph taken during last year September’2011 theatrical street protest in front of Lynas Corp Perth Office in Australia –
\nArms locked & Lie on road to block Lynas rare earth ore transportation to its Malaysia rare earth plant in Gebeng, Kuantan<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt is appalling that our Ministers are making such blatant unsubstantiated statements. They are misleading and confusing the public instead of assuming their duty of care to manage the Lynas problem with prudence.\u201d said Mr Tan Bun Teet, Chairman of SMSL<\/p>\n

Minister Liow\u2019s suggestion has essentially contravened Malaysia\u2019s commitment under the\u00a0Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>It is illegal under international law to transport hazardous waste like that from the Lynas plant across national boundaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an embarrassment in the eye of the international media and governments because through the Lynas issue, Malaysia is now being watched and reported regularly around the world!\u00a0 Malaysia\u2019s governance standard has just been washed down the drain by our very own Ministers.\u201d Added Mr Tan.<\/p>\n

SMSL is disappointed and alarmed at the same time by the unprofessional manner in which our Ministers and senior bureaucrats have demonstrated in their inability to tackle the Lynas waste problems to date.<\/p>\n

Raja Dato\u2019 Abdul Aziz Raja Adnan, the Director General of AELB \u00a0has more than once said that the waste produced by LAMP is so safe that you can \u2018tabur\u2019 (scatter) it around.<\/p>\n

The Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Pahang has claimed that the radioactivity of the waste is no more than that posed by smoking a cigarette or the use of our hand phones, quoting directly from Lynas\u2019 statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cAELB is a regulator and the MB is in charge of Pahang\u2019s state affairs. These are supposedly highly responsible positions.\u00a0 Yet we have people in these positions making such careless and irresponsible statements instead of doing their duty to take care of the country and the state.\u201d\u00a0 Remarked SMSL Vice Chairman Haji Ismail Abu Bakar.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate and unacceptable that\u00a0rakyat\u00a0<\/em>and Malaysian tax payers will suffer as a result.\u00a0 Worse, the state and the country\u2019s future and our economy will also be jeopardised by the bad decision of the current Government.\u201d He added.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday\u2019s rally is only a test run for many citizens. The Stop Lynas campaign has gone national in a big way.\u00a0 The Government\u2019s poor response and irresponsible remarks will only inflamed the situation further.<\/p>\n

Mr Tan clarified,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are preparing for the legal action.\u00a0 We want it strong and tight to withstand the scrutiny of the court, the Government and Lynas\u2019 legal team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLynas will probably pull its next publicity stunt by bringing in its rare earth concentrate to salvage its falling stock in the share market.\u00a0 SMSL, Kuantan residents and our fellow Malaysians are ready.\u00a0 We said we would block the ore getting to the plant, and we will.\u00a0 Now that we know we will not be alone!\u201d Concluded Mr Tan and Haji Ismail.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/savemalaysia-stoplynas.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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