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        "id": 1935999,
        "msgid": "state-secretary-denies-haji-isam-appointed-as-forest-fire-coordinator-1787475103",
        "date": "2026-08-23 14:30:46",
        "title": "State Secretary denies Haji Isam appointed as forest fire coordinator",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi has denied social media reports that businessman Haji Isam was appointed by President Prabowo to coordinate forest and land fire handling in Kalimantan. He clarified that while all parties are asked to assist, the coordinating authority lies with government officials. The government has deployed 12,880 personnel and prioritised six provinces in its fire mitigation efforts.",
        "content": "<p>State Secretary Minister (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi has denied reports\nthat businessman Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad, also known as Haji Isam, was\nappointed as coordinator for forest and land fire (karhutla) handling in\nKalimantan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no such thing, that is not true,\u201d said Prasetyo in response\nto journalists\u2019 questions at the wedding ceremony of President Prabowo\nSubianto\u2019s Personal Secretary Chief, Rizky Irmansyah, and Chika Yenalovi\nat the JCC, Senayan, Jakarta, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He was responding to questions from journalists regarding rumours\ncirculating on social media that businessman Haji Isam had been\nappointed by President Prabowo to lead forest fire handling operations\nin the Kalimantan region.<\/p>\n<p>Prasetyo emphasised that all parties are indeed being asked to assist\nin efforts to tackle the forest fires occurring in several areas of\nSumatra and Kalimantan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat all parties are asked to help, yes, but to become a\ncoordinator, no, because the authority does not lie there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding forest fire handling, the State Secretary said the central\ngovernment has appointed a number of minister-level officials to handle\nforest fires in several priority areas.<\/p>\n<p>The government itself has been stepping up efforts to control and\nhandle forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra by deploying 12,880\npersonnel for firefighting operations, weather modification operations\n(OMC), and air quality monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>The government is also giving special attention and strict\nsupervision to six priority provinces prone to forest fires, namely\nRiau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and\nSouth Kalimantan.<\/p>\n<p>The President himself has led forest fire handling meetings in\nKalimantan, including coordinating with a number of Red and White\nCabinet ministers in Central Kalimantan on Saturday (22\/8).<\/p>\n<p>One of the directives issued was to provide additional firefighting\nequipment and supporting facilities, including four water bombing\nhelicopters, 100 water pumps, 2,000 units of personal protective\nequipment (APD), gepyok hoes, bore wells, and water hoses.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/state-secretary-denies-haji-isam-appointed-as-forest-fire-coordinator-1787475103",
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