Dr M moots making fire hotspot data public amid regional blame game
Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Senator Marzuki Yahya attend the launch of the ‘Foreign Policy Framework of the New Malaysia’ at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya September 18, 2019.
— Picture by Shafwan Zaidon PUTRAJAYA, Sept 18 — As Malaysia chokes on smoke, its prime minister today said his government may make satellite data mapping of the regional locations of fire outbreaks and other information about haze hotspots available on official channels. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad acknowledged the annual recurrence of the haze to be a touchy subject with Indonesia, saying others had raised it but resulting in a finger-pointing game. “Our people have already raised this matter with Indonesian ministers, but they claim that the haze is originating from Malaysia. “That’s why I said we should publish maps showing satellite pictures of the actual hotspots,” he told reporters here this afternoon after launching the foreign policy framework.Distribution of hotspots detected from September 1 to 16, 2019. ― Picture via ASMC
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