No, we're not protesting, says envoy over smoke from Indonesia

Envoy says Malaysia only offered to help Indonesia fight its forest fires. FMTNews

Malaysian ambassador Zainal Abidin Bakar denies that a protest letter was sent to the Indonesian government over the haze problem.

Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia Zainal Abidin Bakar said the official letter from the Malaysian government through Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin had recently been made available to the Indonesian government. He was responding to Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, who said Malaysia had sent a protest letter accusing Indonesia of causing haze in Malaysia.She said based on the report from the Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency, smoke or haze from the fire in Kalimantan was detected to have crossed into Malaysia for only one hour on Sept 8.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said he had yet to receive any protest letter from Malaysia on the matter.

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