Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has criticised Kelantan's Forestry Department director Abdul Khalim Abu Samah for the recent comments he made on the impact of deforestation on tigers.

"Khalim must be dreaming of his cat at home when he told the press that, 'based on expert research, areas that have been deforested are actually good for the tiger population'," said Lim in a statement today.

Lim warned that should Khalim's views go unchallenged, the country risked being viewed as a laughing stock to the rest of the world.