KUALA LUMPUR: The Star bagged two prizes at the Malaysian Press Institute MPI-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2013.
Assistant news editor Yip Yoke Teng clinched the best public service reporting award with her article Conditions going downhill.
“The article highlighted the rape of Bukit Enggang due to illegal logging and sand mining, as a result of ill-management by the many government agencies monitoring the former forest reserve.
“The damage is not only to the environment, but poses a serious danger to villagers in the vicinity as well.
“I hope with the win, Bukit Enggang and the h…
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