Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas today refuted claims by Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar that the haze blanketing Kuala Kuala Lumpur was originating from Sarawak. — Bernama pic
He said there is no way that the haze originated from Sarawak, which itself is a victim of transboundary haze from West Kalimantan. Saying that he was shocked by the claim, he said the haze that blanketed much of Peninsular Malaysia comes from forest fires in Sumatra, not from Sarawak as claimed by the Indonesian minister.The Indonesian minister had claimed that the smog affecting Kuala Lumpur was not originated from her country, but from Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia
Earlier this week, minister Yeo Bee Yin said the fires in Indonesia are the root cause of the haze that Malaysia is currently experiencing, and that such fires need to be urgently extinguished.
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