Government is mulling allowing the Environment Department to appoint its own consultant to conduct environmental impact assessments (EIA) on development projects, the Dewan Rakyat heard.

Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said in reply to a question from Sim Tze Tzin (PH-Bayan Baru) during Question Time on Thursday (March 2) that these were among the proposed improvements to improve transparency on the conduct of the EIA assessments.

Meanwhile at a press conference at the parliament lobby, Nik Nazmi said that the government was aware of the issue of perception involving the practice of "consultant shopping" by certain project developers, hoping to hire one that could provide favourable EIA reports.

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