Whilst this case has only 10 plaintiffs, I see them as brave Malaysians who have taken the burden upon themselves to take this matter to the courts on behalf of all Malaysians who are determined to not see the Lynas rare earth refinery plant in Gebeng, Kuantan commence operations.
Tomorrow morning, at 10am, in Appeals & Special Powers Court No. 2, their application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings will be heard.
In substance, they seek permission of the court to commence judicial review proceedings with a view to obtaining the following orders :
- that the decision by AELB to approve a temporary operating licence dated 30/1/2012 in favour of Lynas to operate the plant be quashed
- that AELB be prohibited from issuing a temporary or permanent operating licence to Lynas until Lynas furnishes the DG of Environmental quality with a detailed EIA report and the latter has duly approved the same.
The Solidariti Hijau Semalaysia Stop Lynas coalition of NGOs, which has called for a nationwide rally on 13th April, 2012 at designated mosques throughout the country, is urging Malaysians to attend this court proceedings to show solidarity for these 10 brave Malaysians and to let the court know that the nation is behind the plaintiffs.
Full details are below. Hope to see you all in court tomorrow.
The People's Parliament 
Ali Karim
April 3, 2012
I will be there, hopefully for another great gathering.
http://alithome.blogspot.com/2012/02/green-gathering-malaysians-take-lynas.html
Lee KP
April 3, 2012
If the Malaysian Government does not care for our safety and health, we will have no choice but to do thing our way to protect ourselves and our next next generation.
Abdul Kadir
April 4, 2012
I am totally in support of the move to stop Lynas. We know enough about the attendant dangers in the processing of RE to know that Australia (despite it’s huge outbacks) wants no part of it & would rather “export” the toxic wastes. I think it’s totally immoral of our government to allow this.
shakuntala
April 5, 2012
The People are not going to stop opposing this unhealthy, disregard for human lives by the Government in having gone ahead to grant Lynas the previlege to operate here in Malaysia without paying head to their voices.
The People do not want Lynas, the message is loud and clear
It is so grave a problem that the voices of the People will not be still until the operators are kicked out from our soil.
Auth
June 1, 2012
Malaysia has enough race isseus without compounding them with uncontrolled immigration. Strong immigration control will assist Malaysia in maintaining racial harmony, unlike in many countries where tension has risen because of mass immigration. Unless they have exceptional skills that the country needs, preventing foreigners from taking local jobs is no bad thing either. Lastly, anyone in need of importing a foreign wife into Malaysia needs his head examining, and is blind to the quality of local womanhood.