Pakatan boycotts PSC on Lynas

The Opposition walked out of the Dewan Rakyat in a huff this afternoon, after the debate to set up the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant.

The move to set up the PSC, they argued, is an attempt to whitewash the dangers of the rare earths refinery in Gebeng, Kuantan.

The Pakatan Rakyat coalition will also boycott the parliamentary panel, declaring it to be powerless in stopping the plant from operating even if it is found to be unsafe.

"We wish we could (take part in the PSC), but there is no point...," Fuziah Salleh (PKR-Kuantan) told reporters at the Parliament lobby.

"Even if the PSC declares the plant to be dangerous, the BN administration will manipulate the situation."

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