Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants legal logging to be limited and concessions for this controlled: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281804
"We are reading a lot about illegal logging and illegal workers. It is right that illegal logging should be stopped and illegal workers arrested and deported.
"But what about legal logging? They may be legal but they are also destroying even more of our shrinking forests," he added in a blog post today.
Mahathir said just because permits are issued, it does not mean that the logging is not destructive of the forests.