Rusli gets '3 days' to sort out haze

PEKANBARU: Riau students staged a protest on Monday and said they would give the governor a three-day deadline to start dealing with a haze problem the province.

The students, of the Riau Students Alliance, did not say what action they would take if the governor ignored their call. They criticized the provincial administration for doing little to stop forest fires and slash-and-burn land clearing responsible for the smog, which has choked the area since last month.

The students did not meet Governor HM Rusli Zainal but delivered their demand to the head of environmental impact management agency Khairul Zainal. -- JP