Indonesia’s weather forecast agency predicts heavy rainfall in the next seven days in north Sumatra and north Kalimantan to help put out peat fires. FMTNews
PETALING JAYA: Indonesia has arrested 230 people for starting fires in forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan, The Straits Times reported today.
Indonesian national police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo on Wednesday also named the operational director of a south Sumatra-based company as a suspect. He said companies had been negligent in ensuring such fires don’t break out. Last week, Indonesia had sealed off portions of plantations operated by 42 companies, including subsidiaries of four Malaysian groups and a Singapore-affiliated firm, after fires on their concessions.
Indonesia has been using 52 helicopters for water bombing every day since the forest fires started a month ago.
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