Planter blames Beaufort flooding on Pan Borneo

LocalPolitics
18 Jan 2025 • 12:40 PM MYT
Daily Express
Daily Express

Daily Express Online (Malaysia) is Sabah's top-ranked & most viewed English news site. It is also Sabah's leading & most circulated daily English newspaper.

image is not available

By: Ahmad Apong

BEAUFORT: A palm oil plantation owner in Kampung Luagan wants the Public Works Department and Pan Borneo Highway contractors to address flooding that is killing his oil palms.

Nelson Voo reached out to Daily Express after reading the papers recent coverage of flooding issues in Kampung Rancangan Klias.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Nelson claimed that the flooding began when Pan Borneo Highway construction blocked local drainage systems.

“This was never an issue before the Pan Borneo project. The contractors have blocked all drainage systems, preventing proper water flow,” he said.