No nuclear power please, we are Malaysians
By Ronald McCoy
October 2014 PERSPECTIVES
Even as countries around the world are switching to renewable energy, Malaysia is gearing towards a potential nucleardisaster.At a recent event organised by the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI), a speech by Datuk Mah Siew Keong, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, reportedly urged critics of nuclear energy to keep an “open mind” since the government had decided to table the Atomic Energy Regulatory Bill in parliament later this year.The report left me open-mouthed. When I got to the...
Ronald McCoy
is a retired obstetrician. He is a past president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, an organisation of doctors who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, and past president of Malaysian Physicians for Social Responsibility.
