Four named suspects over waste export

Four named suspects over waste export

JAKARTA: The government has named three Indonesians and one
Singaporean as suspects over a recent export of materials
containing toxic waste into Indonesia, and has filed a complaint
with the Bassel Convention Secretary in Switzerland after
Singapore refused to take back the materials.

No details of the suspects were revealed. However, the three
Indonesians are officials from fertilizer producer PT APL.

State Minister for Environment Rachmat Witoelar said on
Wednesday the government would leave the decision to the United
Nations-sponsored body, which is expected to carry out an
independent examination to determine whether the materials
contained toxic waste.

Singapore has reiterated that it has nothing to do with the
export, while denying that the materials contained toxic waste.
--JP