Selangor will soon be seen as a state with the “most pork eaters” if the modernised pig farm in Kuala Langat is given the greenlight by the state, says Perkasa.

The Muslim NGO, which has been adamantly opposing the project, told Umno-owned newspaper Utusan Malaysia that the Selangor government is “ insensitive”for wanting to continue the project despite the state having the most bumiputra and Islamic residents in Malaysia.

“What is the rationale behind the state wanting to convert Selangor into a pig farm centre? Is the state government looking at this as a way to increase the state's revenue?” Selangor Perkasa chief Abu Bakar Yahya was quoted as saying today.

Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali ( right ) had previously indicated that he is considering an application for a pig farm in Ladang Tumbok, Kuala Langat.

Perkasa supreme council member Azrul Akmal Saharudin has taken issue with Azmin's decision to table the proposal of the pig farm, and the MB's notion that it seemed as though the proposal will be successful and has given his blessings.

The proposal for the farm was tabled on Dec 16 and is currently awaiting the state's approval.

“If this is true, Perkasa feels it is a huge betrayal towards the Kuala Langat voters - the majority of which are Malay Muslims and not consumers of pork meat - what more, to have a farm near them,” he said in a statement.

'Pig farms can be built elsewhere'

Similarly, Abu Bakar questioned the real intention behind the pig farm project, saying that it is not a project that will bring in revenue, even though the state claims that there will be less pollution with the use of modern technology.

“There are so many other ways for the state government to increase the revenue. The truth is, the big-scale pig farming project is not very acceptable to most of the people in Selangor - even if it does use modern technology,” he noted.

He added that if Selangor wants to fulfill the demand of pork meat in Selangor, the farm could alternatively be built elsewhere in a different state.

“Is the demand so high in Selangor until the state feels that there is a need to build pig farms here? The menteri besar needs to explain this,” Abu Bakar ( right in photo ) stressed.

Or perhaps, Abu Bakar suggested, the state government intends to bow down to the political will of certain parties.

The project had been receiving a lot of backlash ever since its proposal in 2008.