GEORGE TOWN, Feb. 13 -- A group of fishermen, along with two non-governmental organisations (NGO), have filed an application for judicial review to challenge the planning permission approval for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project.

The fishermen, led by Zakaria Ismail, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Jaringan Ekologi dan Iklim (JEDI) filed the application at the Penang High Court on December 29 last year to challenge the approval given by the Penang state director of town and country planning on August 21 last year.

The Penang High Court granted leave for the applicants to proceed with the judicial review application on February 5 this year.

The nine applicants named the Penang state director of town and country planning (PLANMa...