Singapore to pursue firms over fires, despite Indonesian ire

Singapore to pursue firms over fires, despite Indonesian ire Jakarta (AFP) July 3, 2016 - Singapore is refusing to back down in its pursuit of those responsible for haze-belching forest fires in Southeast Asia last year, despite struggling to bring the perpetrators before the courts and drawing a sharp rebuke from neighbouring Indonesia. Forest fires are part of an annual dry-season problem in Indonesia, started illegally to quickly and cheaply clear land for cultivation - parti ... more

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