The Pahang Forestry Department (JPNP) had acted on public complaints against a trailer transporting a suspiciously large load of timber spotted along the Eastcoast Expressway West-bound rest area in Temerloh yesterday.

The department in a statement however said its checks, based on a viral Facebook post by environmentalist Khaidir Ahmad, found that the timber was not taken from any forest sites in Pahang.

"Information on the lorry and timber tallied with what was stated in a transporting permit issued by the...