Kota Kinabalu: Chief Conservator of Forests Datuk Frederick Kugan said a viral video showing an overturned lorry with logs that are of a huge diameter scattered across a road has no connection to the recent devastating flooding in Nabawan.
Responding to enquiries from Daily Express, he said the logs shown in the video originated from a Yayasan Sabah concession in Tongod, specifically within the Pinangah Forest Reserve and were being transported for export via Seguntor, Sandakan.
He said the flooding in Nabawan was primarily triggered by a landslide within the Bukit Pekan Nabawan Forest Reserve (Class IV). He did not say what caused the soil at the reserve to loosen to the extent of causing landslide.
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