PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Malaysia never asked Indonesia why it did not accept its offer of assistance to combat the haze-causing forest fires in the republic, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The Prime Minister said Malaysia had offered assistance to tackle the forest fires in Indonesia as it had water-bombing equipment. When asked at a news conference why Indonesian President Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, was not willing to accept Malaysia’s offer, Dr Mahathir said:"I don't know why.
” "Asking why you do not want to receive our help? But I have never done that yet. Why don’t you ask ?” he said after chairing a meeting of the Special Cabinet Committee on Anti-Corruption here Thursday . Asked how Malaysia will check the haze problem, the prime minister said:"We pray for rain. We try to do cloud-seeding and ask people to wear masks.” Asked about the cost involved in conducting cloud-seeding, Dr Mahathir said he had not received information on the cost. "But we have a suggestion now to use drones to form artificial rain. We can use several , not one, in a particular area with regard to Putrajaya which is badly affected by haze, ” he said. Haze from the forest fires in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan, spread to Malaysia by the southwest monsoon winds, has reduced the air quality in many areas of the country. - Bernama
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