Pos Lanai Orang Asli villagers protest rare earth mining project

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Orang Asli villagers from Pos Lanai in Kuala Lipis, Pahang have protested against an alleged plan to mine rare earth metal lanthanide in the area. They claimed the plan will encroach on their ancestral land, destroy the environment and jeopardise the livelihood of hundreds of families. Widely used for industrial and scientific purposes, lanthanide is the same element processed by Australian rare earth company Lynas Corporation in Malaysia. Today, the Pos Lanai Orang Asli Land and Territories Action Committee submitted a letter to the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) protesting an alleged approval given for tests to be conducted at Orang Asli villages for the lanthanide mining project. They were accompanied by PSM secretary-general A Sivarajan and human rights NGO Suaram representative Suresh Kumar. Jeffry Hassan Speaking to the media, committee chairperson Jeffry Hassan cau…