Himpunan Hijau chief Wong Tack met with Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob today to urge the state chief executive to shut down Lynas rare earth refinery to honour his pledge made prior to the May 5 general election.

Wong told Malaysiakini that Adnan had announced on Nov 30 last year the 13th general election would be a 'referendum' for Kuantan residents to show their support for the controversial plant by voting for BN.

NONE However Kuantan voters rejected BN candidate Mohamad Suffian Awang in the general election to vote in incumbent Fuziah Salleh from PKR with a majority of 4,515 votes.

Hence Wong demanded Adnan ( right ) be a 'gentleman' and honour his word to close down Lynas during a 20-minute discussion with the MB on the sidelines of the Pahang state assembly sitting this morning.

According to Wong, Adnan ( right ) argued that Kuantan voters did not support BN due to other issues such as traffic congestion and air pollution, and not the rare earth refinery.

The environment activist stressed that another reason to close down Lynas was that the plant had failed to meet the 10-month deadline stipulated in its temporary operating licence (TOL) to come out with a plan for a permanent disposal facility for radioactive wastes. The deadline expired yesterday.

wong tack meet adnan yakoob 030713 wong tack Should the government fails to revoke Lynas' TOL, the green movement would take its protest to the streets again, warned Wong.

Wong ( right ) contested in the Bentong parliamentary constituency in the recent general election under DAP's ticket but lost to BN incumbent Liow Tiong Lai by a slim majority of 379 votes.

Earlier Himpunan Hijau members who clad in green t-shirts were prohibited to enter the state assembly building.

Although Wong and a few others wearing suits were allowed in, they could only observe the sitting through TV at the lobby as they were told that the 28-seat public gallery was fully occupied.

Revoke Lynas plant TOL, urges Kuantan MP