KOTA KINABALU, March 7 -- After a special inquiry, the Sabah government has told a United Nations working group that the controversial carbon credit programme is on hold while it refines and finds solutions to several issues it deems "lopsided".

Malaysia's ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Datuk Nadzirah Osman has replied to the UN working group on behalf of the state government, assuring them that they were safeguarding the rights of the indigenous people and their land in the ambitious undertaking.

The response from the state government found on the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' website, dated February 29, 2024, said that the state had no mal-intent into entering the commerc...