PAS or Pakatan Rakyat has never referred to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp) as a nuclear plant, said the PAS environmental committee today.

bagan pinang 061009 zulkefly omar This is an effort to confuse the people and cast anti-Lynas groups as lacking expertise, when in fact references have been made to almost seven different experts, said PAS environmental committee chairperson Zulkefly Mohamad Omar ( right ) in a press release.

He said this in reference the BN taking PAS parliamentarian Che Rosli Che Mat's reference to the project as endorsing it.

According to the Lamp parliamentary select committee (PSC) report tabled in parliament on Tuesday, the project should be issued a temporary operating license (TOL) as the RM700 million plant in Gebeng, Kuantan, is not a nuclear installation .

NONE He also rapped the BN for misrepresenting PAS lawmaker Che Rosli Che Mat's remarks as an endorsement for the plant's safety, explaining that the Hulu Langat MP's full statement also recognised the need for other aspects of the project to be analysed.

Che Rosli ( left ) had said: "As a nuclear scientist, I stand by my statement that radiation-wise, it is safe.

"But in other aspects, such as residue management, I leave it to other experts."

Zukefly said: "If his full statement is scrutinised... reference to other experts, including experts on waste residue management, toxicology and health is also greatly needed for a fair and transparent summary to be submitted."

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