Illegal Sand Mine

Since the last election in 2008 when the opposition took over Selangor, the story of sand mine were in the paper far to often. It did appear that the problem started when the opposition took over the state. Other states like Pahang and Negeri Sembilan came clean.

However, many Malaysian took news with a pinch of salt. Since the public do not have the privy to the government activities and the opposition states are not given a fair access to mass media, many of the people just turned blind eyes, until the newpaper published the story on 3 apr 2012 about an illegal mine had been operating for 14 years.

What was more shocking was the news about high ranking officer was quoted as receiving monthly allowance. A drawing included showed that a police station about 1 km away.

For the benefit of new readers, Malaysia practices a federal and state power sharing, where the majority of power lies at Federal level. The power to arrest lies with federal officers.

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