Indonesia Faces Haze Crisis, Vows Action Against Land-Burners

As toxic haze spreads, can Indonesia make land-burners pay?

As massive forest and land fires burn across parts of Indonesia, sending haze towards neighbouring Malaysia, President Prabowo Subianto has vowed firm action against big corporations found responsible – reviving a long-running test of whether Jakarta can punish those behind the blazes and finally break the cycle. “We will go after them if they are proven guilty. We will penalise them according to the law,” Prabowo told reporters in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, on Saturday. He flew first...

By Johannes Nugroho