Kedah Umno today expressed support for a call by environmental activists for Putrajaya to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the alleged illegal mining of rare earth elements (REE) at the Bukit Enggang Forest Reserve in Sik, Kedah.

This comes after Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor was said to not be taking the issue seriously when he dismissed that any such activity was happening in the forest reserve.

In a statement...