KL denies responsibility for RI haze

KL denies responsibility for RI haze

MALAYSIA: KL on Wednesday denied responsibility for air pollution
in Indonesia, and in turn accused its neighbor of contributing to
"unhealthy" air quality in Malaysia.

Indonesia's meteorology department said on Wednesday that
fires from Malaysia had contributed to the haze covering several
parts of Indonesia's North Sumatra province.

A department official reportedly said winds in the past week
had been blowing from the Malay peninsula toward North Sumatra.

However, Malaysia's satellite images on Wednesday revealed a
total of 237 hot spots in Indonesia's Sumatra island while just
70 were detected in Malaysia, a spokeswoman for the environment
department said. --AFP