Deputy Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji came to his boss' Xavier Jayakumar defence, stressing that the minister's comment on cyanide was not referring to Bukit Koman.

Xavier had last Thursday told Parliament that there was no scientific evidence to link the usage of cyanide in gold mines to skin ailments including cancer when Bentong MP Wong Tack raised complaints by residents in Bukit Koman...