S'pore to study Indonesian fires

S'pore to study Indonesian fires

SINGAPORE (DPA): A team of Singapore scientists, known for
their earlier satellite crime-busting work, are setting their
sights on Indonesia's notorious forest fires, reports said
yesterday.

The Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Protesting (CRISP)
gained fame a year ago when its scientists used satellite photos
to prove an oil tanker was the source of a 5 kilometer oil slick
in Singapore waters.

It was the first time remote imaging satellite pictures were
admissible as evidence in court, CRISP director Lim Hock said.

The 30-member CRISP team has already collected strong evidence
that the Indonesian fires, which cloaked most of Southeast Asia
in dense smoke for the past two months, were being set
deliberately for the purpose of clearing land.