On Friday, the European Commission officially approved a measure to phase out palm oil-based biofuel by 2030. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
Felda director-general Datuk Dr Othman Omar said this is a purely business strategy for some EU member nations. “So we have to play a more aggressive role. I think they are winning in terms of their public relations campaign, they are using small children now. All the children have been taught that from young you don’t consume palm oil at all as it is bad and it kills the orang utan,” he told reporters today.Othman said Malaysia needs to be smart enough to get to the young people there so that they understand that oil palm plantation is not killing the orang utan.
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Malaysia is not China that has the economic muscle to retaliate. Malaysia with huge corruptions is too weak to fight back.
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