Pakatan says not against RAPID but project implementation


Dateline 2012-10-16:

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) clarified today that it will not scrap Petronas’ RM60 billion petrochemical refinery in Pengerang should it wrest federal power but will only put the project on hold, pending the resettlement of affected villages in the Johor constituency.

PR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (picture) told a press conference here that the pact was not against the multibillion ringgit refinery but was concerned over how the Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemicals Development (RAPID) had been rushed without due consultation with those living in the affected areas.

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