KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia- Hundreds of forest fires in Indonesia have caused haze that has worsened air quality in parts of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur's top environment official has said, a claim Jakarta denied on Saturday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia- Hundreds of forest fires in Indonesia have caused haze that has worsened air quality in parts of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur's top environment official has said, a claim Jakarta denied on Saturday.
The statement said satellite imagery showed 52 forest fire"hotspots" in Sumatra and 264 in Borneo, according to a report from the Singapore-based ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre , which tracks haze affecting Southeast Asia."The fact is that there is no transboundary haze," Siti Nurbaya Bakar told AFP Saturday, sharing ASMC images she said showed only haze in Sumatra and Borneo.
Firefighters on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra battled large peatland fires this month that covered Palembang, a city of nearly two million people, in haze for weeks.