PUTRAJAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad says the Cabinet has yet to discuss the disposal of waste by rare earths miner Lynas Malaysia following an open spat by ministers on the issue.
“We will answer that when we talk with the Cabinet.
“There may be differences of opinion, but that is quite normal,” he told reporters at a press conference after the signing ceremony between KA Petra and Hutchison Port Holdings Limited today on the development of the world’s largest ship-to-ship transfer hub in the Johor Bahru Port waters.
Mahathir added that whatever is determined by the Cabinet will be the official decision.
Yesterday, Entrepreneur Development Minister Redzuan Yusof said Putrajaya had yet to make a decision requiring Lynas to send its waste back to Australia.
Redzuan said while the government was clear that it would allow Lynas to continue operating, the issue of waste was a separate matter which needed to be addressed.
The energy, science, technology, environment and climate change ministry however said the government had formed a task force to facilitate the return of waste to Australia.
Its minister Yeo Bee Yin also said Lynas needs to ship out its waste as a pre-condition for the renewal of its licence. - FMT
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