Redzuan slams Anwar over Lynas
PUTRAJAYA: Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof slammed PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over Anwar’s support for those opposing Lynas.
“He (Anwar) must give confidence to investors that the government will not flip-flop on policies regardless of who is the prime minister.
“His action of asking Tun (PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad) to review the cabinet’s decision on Lynas will have a negative impact on the economy,” the minister was quoted as saying.
“The Cabinet’s decision on Lynas was an informed one, based on local and international expert opinions, including the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency.
“Their opinions are grounded in scientific facts, not baseless claims,” he said.
The decision was made by consensus among ministers from all four Pakatan Harapan component parties, Redzuan added.
“Decisions made by consensus should be respected. After all, a consensus is what Harapan is committed to,” the Bersatu politician.
Anwar had supported calls for a review on the conditions, adding that the conditions can be expanded.
The Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB), with government approval had given Lynas a six-month extension with three additional conditions.
The three conditions include to halt all research and development activities into repurposing radioactive water leach purification (WLP) residue into a soil conditioner called “Condisoil”.
Lynas also needs to hand over 0.5 percent of its gross sales revenue to the Malaysian government as “collateral” until its overseas cracking and leaching (C&L) facility is built and operational.
The company must submit its plan for building its overseas C&L facility, and the facility needs to be completed within four years. After that, Lynas will no longer be allowed to produce radioactive waste beyond one Becquerel/gram in its Gebeng plant.
The final condition is that Lynas needs to determine a local site for its permanent disposal facility (PDF) and produce written permission from the state government governing the site.
