Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Forest Enactment 1968 needs to be reviewed to make it more effective in dealing with people caught for illegal entry or just entry into forest reserves, says former Sabah Conservator of Forests Datuk Sam Mannan (pic).“Being a stirrer by nature, let me say that a part of the law is the mother of all evils and it is defective, in particular the Forest Enactment 1968. This had resulted in many recent court cases, where people had been caught for illegal entry or just entry, being thrown out.
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