KOTA KINABALU: The state government appears to have relented and has shelved plans to build a new water treatment plant in Penampang district following protests against the project there.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan said the government was also scaling back a related dam project in Papar district.
Nearly a month after villagers in Penampang voiced their opposition to the construction of the water treatment plant at Kampung Maang in Penampang, Pairin told the House on Thursday that the project site would be moved.
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