Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the state government no longer issues new pig farming licences, while the closure of existing farms will be expedited and carried out in stages.

“Since January, the state government has halted the issuance of pig farming licences and has focused on clearing existing farm sites in Tanjong Sepat in line with the decree of His Royal Highness (Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah),” he said in a statement issued after chairing the state executive council meeting.

Amirudin said about 70 percent of...