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“But when reclamation was undertaken, very severe coastal erosion
occurred, particularly in Kg Contoh, partly because the 100-metre long
bar at the mouth of the Petagas River was removed during the reclamation
process. Hence the waves began to hit the village directly,” Yabi said.
Dept ‘not to blame for delay’ | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kota Kinabalu: The Environmental Protection Department feels it is being unfairly implicated in the KKIA extension project delay.