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