'Let the data speak for itself': Malaysian minister on transboundary haze from Indonesia

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's environment minister Yeo Bee Yin refuted her Indonesian counterpart's claims that Malaysia was hiding facts regarding the ...

In a Facebook post on Wednesday , she said data clearly indicated that the haze shrouding parts of Malaysia originated from Indonesia.READ: Malaysia sends half a million face masks to haze-hit Sarawak as 409 schools close

Mdm Yeo's post came after Indonesia's Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar accused Malaysia of not revealing the full picture of its haze problem, adding that smog affecting Malaysia could have been caused by forest fires in its own country.In her post, Mdm Yeo shared information published by the Singapore-based ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre, which showed 474 hotspots in Kalimantan and 387 hotspots in Sumatera on Tuesday.

The unhealthy air levels persisted on Thursday in Malaysia, with three schools in Klang, Selangor, ordered to close.may enter the unhealthy range if the haze situation in Indonesia's Sumatra persists or worsens.Indonesia's neighbours have regularly complained about smog caused by its forest blazes, which are often started to clear land for palm oil and pulp plantations.

 

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