Malaysians protest against Australian rare earths plant

A Malaysian group representing villagers and civil groups will file a legal challenge to the government's decision to approve a massive rare earths plant by Lynas, the Australian mining company .

The Atomic Energy Licensing Board announced late on Wednesday it would grant Lynas a license to operate the first rare earths plant outside China in years, despite public protests over fears of radioactive pollution.

It said Lynas must submit plans for a permanent disposal facility within 10 months and make a $50mn financial guarantee.

Malaysia hopes the Lynas plant will spur growth. But the project has been the subject of heated protests over health and environmental risks posed by potential leaks of radioactive waste.

Florence Looi reports from the eastern Malaysian city of Kuantan.

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[malayneum]

Australia stands out like a sore thumb, trying to impose its European values in Asia as if it is still the good old days when people can shoot Aborigines without caring about human rights etc. And these are the people who talk about human rights.

[HarunDanyal]

Why do they always do this kind of crap in countries with the most beautiful ecosystems?

[TheFlanker35]

@maks0333,

The government of Malaysia has been persecuting non-Muslims and unorthodox Muslims such as the Ahmaddis in extreme fashion not only in west Malaysia and Sabah, but in Sarawak where most people aren't Muslim. Just rebellions have occurred over much less.

[maks0333]

@TheFlanker35 wow. You really have some delusions and hate bottled up dont you? jeez if i were malay I'd want you to say that to my face. Talk about idiocy

[TheFlanker35]

Muslims are lucky that we have let them keep Malaysia for so long. Muslims, it's time to leave your garbage sharia courts and get the hell out of Sarawak, or hell will be brought into KL.

[1ghostronin]

Money talks....it will go ahead.....environmental disaster in years to come....world gets that little bit more shittier every day....poor planet

[yourtreat2]

DOG SHIT.

The Malaysians have no environmental control and simply want to secure their own operations of computer chip plants and other plants they currently have the market on that they fear could be created in AU and eat away at profits made by Malaysian companies.

[jojo1ukuk]

@mphailey it was a false flag like so many others in the world to justify the illegal war in japan. ur jewish masters attacked the pearl harbour. they can deny all they want ok.

like for instance 9/11 inside too and many more false flag etc.

yes i know ok. yes i agree we do have gay puppet leaders too, because they all sould out to the devil called the $.

[mphailey]

@jojo1ukuk I just looked through your previous comments. You are a douche-sandwhich in the extreme. Japanese false flags?

omg this omg that blah blah blah

most of us white people want no part in foreign wars. we have gay governments just the like ones in whatever shithole you're from.

[jojo1ukuk]

@mphailey whatever.

atheism, sciencetology whatever dude u lost.

[mphailey]

@jojo1ukuk suck a dick dude. i'm not a christian.