Sabah - News

Source - The Star Online
Date - Monday, 4.5.2009
WebLink - http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/4/nation/3828562&sec=nation

Group: Check ‘fishing with pesticides’ claim

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Consumers Association wants the state government to check into an allegation that pesticides are used to harvest lobsters in Sungai Mangalong, Sipitang.

Its president Datuk Patrick Sindu said such an act not only killed the lobsters and fishes, but was also hazardous to human life.

“Prior to this, there have been reports on the use of fish bombs at sea and fish poison in rivers, but the use of pesticides in rivers, which supply water to treatment plants, is something that must be looked into seriously.

He was responding to a picture story on the matter, published in a local newspaper here yesterday. — Bernama