The protest followed the “Larian Bantahan Insinerator Batu Arang” held in October last year by Rawang Tolak Incinerator (RTI) Network.

RTI Network represents residents of Batu Arang, M Residence, Kota Puteri and Bandar Tasik Puteri, who object to the construction of the RM4.5 billion Sultan Idris Shah green energy plant, citing concerns about its effects on the environment.

Its spokesman, Abdul Hanan Mokti, said the group will continue to hold protests to remind the state government that the residents are opposed to the project, and to create public awareness of its impact.

“For example, the state government is proposing the change of the land use from residential to heavy industry, and this is in the feedback (gathering) stage.

“We will use the opportunity to voice our concerns and opposition (to this project),” he told FMT.

Some of the 300 Rawang residents who took part in today’s protest demanded a meeting with Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari over the issue.

The residents said they sent a memorandum to Amirudin in December but had yet to receive a response. Instead, a few of them were invited for a meeting at KDEB Waste Management’s office to hear their side of the story.

Hanan said he hopes the state government will live up to its claim that it is a “people-centric government”.

“We (Rawang residents) are ‘the people’. If they don’t listen to us, then who is the government referring to?” he said.

FMT has since reached out to Amirudin for comment.