Why are trees chopped down indiscriminately, activist asks DBKL

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Chandran Nair says trees around his residential area are often cut down to the stump without proper expert evaluation to assess if they pose any real risk.  Read More:  Laporan Lanjut:   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ChandranNair #DBKL #TreesChopped

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00:00But the Prime Minister himself said, if you cut one, plant a hundred.

00:06In my area at least, from the evidence I've seen, there seems to be a mission to cut a

00:12hundred and make very little effort to plant even one.

00:17So it seems to me that even the Prime Minister is being treated like a fool on a hill.

00:23Green activist Chandran Nair wants the Kuala Lumpur City Hall to explain why three trees

00:28which have stood outside his home in Bangsar for almost 40 years have been chopped down.

00:34Nair, also an entrepreneur, author and FMT columnist, said DBKL had claimed the trees

00:40were cut down to stumps because they were safety hazards.

00:44But we had an avarice of our own look at this a few months ago and he said it was only one

00:49branch and that was removed.

00:51So all of a sudden within three months the entire tree has been removed.

00:55He said the contractor responsible for removing the trees was unable to produce any documentation

01:01to justify why these trees were considered hazards.

01:05And when the trees are removed, it's very interesting, no one from DBKL is ever there.

01:10It's just a contractor.

01:11So as a public citizen, I have no ability to ask the question, who gave you the rights?

01:17Where's your paperwork?

01:19There's nothing.

01:20Where did the wood go?

01:23DBKL, if you're watching, please give us an answer.

01:27In his recent FMT column, Nair pointed out that a growing number of trees were being

01:32felled in the Greater Klang Valley.

01:34He questioned how these operations are being funded and where the valuable timber ends up.

01:40He said poor oversight could lead to illegal practices, which could see the timber funnel

01:45into the biomass industry and enter the black market.

01:49Over the past year, Nair has taken matters into his own hands, planting over a hundred

01:54saplings to replace felled trees.

01:56Many now thrive along the streets of Bangsar.

01:59There's more than 200 stumps just in the Lucky Gardens area in Bukit Bangsar where

02:06things have been cut over the last 10 years.

02:08You have never turned up.

02:09I'm not accusing them of anything apart from you got much better at doing this.

02:15So I come here to say we're going to challenge you.

02:18We're going to make you accountable.

02:20You're accountable to us, not to yourselves.

02:23Natasha Biest, FMT News.

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