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Govt investigates hundreds of businesses over haze

The Indonesian government is now investigating a total of 276 business entities suspected to have caused forest fires ...

Police yet to ascertain foreign companies` involvement in forest fires

The National Police (Polri) has yet to ascertain the involvement of foreign companies in setting forest and land fires ...

Police should pursue perpetrators of forest fires: President

President Joko Widodo has urged the police to continue with its law enforcement efforts to arrest the perpetrators of ...

Police investigate perpetrators involved in land, forest fires

The Indonesian police are committed to thoroughly investigating all those companies which burned the forests, causing ...

Owner of company involved in forest fires can face sanctions

Any company found guilty of setting fire to land and forest will have not only its permit revoked, but the owner or ...

Police name 126 people as suspects in land fire cases

The National Police of Indonesia has named 126 people as suspects in cases of land fires in Sumatera and Kalimantan. ...

Long-term solution necessary to overcome haze problem: Singapore`s Ambassador

A long-term solution is required to overcome the problem of haze arising from forest fires in Indonesia, Singapores ...

Indonesian military deploys over one thousand soldiers to extinguish fires

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed 1,250 soldiers to extinguish forest fires in Riau Province after President ...

Indonesian military deploys 1,059 personnel to overcome forest fires

The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) has redeployed 1,059 of its personnel to overcome the ongoing problem of haze in ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Forest fires - President instructs thousand military personnel to Riau

President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo has instructed (concerned parties) to send 1,000 military personnel to Riau Province in ...

Walhi to assist haze victims in taking legal action

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has opened command posts for suing plantation companies responsible for ...

Over 25.5 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

The Riau health office has recorded that 25,524 people have fallen ill due to the haze as the air quality has reached ...

Sumatra`s haze shrouds Kuala Lumpur

The haze arising from Sumatras forest and plantation fires has blanketed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a local weather ...

Officer of Indonesian ministry dies when extinguishing forest fire in Sukabumi

An officer of Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) died when he was trying to extinguish land and forest fires ...