Sabah to suspend coral harvesting licences

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is expected to suspend the harvest and export of coral following public outcry of coral being taken from waters off Semporna.

State Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Junz Wong said that four licences for coral harvesting and export issued by the previous Barisan Nasional state government would be suspended.

"Yes, it's legal to do so under the previous government and we will rectify this. We will do it soon, we won't delay," he said.Four companies are licensed to harvest and export wild coral, which are commonly placed in aquariums. Pictures of an unidentified people transferring coral from a boat to a vehicle and were widely circulated on Facebook with the message"No to Coral Export".

 

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