AYER KUNING POLLS | The Perak menteri besar should not hold “absolute power” over the issuance of logging permits, said PSM’s candidate for the Ayer Kuning by-election.

Bawani KS argued for the decentralisation of the menteri besar’s authority on the matter amid rising concerns regarding a now-approved plantation project in the state’s Kledang Saiong forest reserve.

“Currently, the menteri besar…