Cronyism and our sand mining for export

ADUN SPEAKS | After a few outright denials that Malaysian sand was being exported to India, the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Jaafar has finally admitted that two Malaysian companies have been given special cabinet approval to export sand to the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Meanwhile, negotiations are taking place to facilitate sand exports to the state of Karnataka.

The first consignment of 50,000 tonnes of sand dredged from the estuaries of the Pahang River and Kelantan River has been shipped to the state of Tamil Nadu. Chances are that the deal might be sealed with the Karnataka state very soon.

However, Wan Junaidi he did not give the names of these two companies, who the directors are, and the nature of their shareholdings...