Jakarta again declines Singapore haze help

Earlier this week, Indonesian media reported that vice-president Jusuf Kalla had called on Singapore to help. "Singapore please come and tackle the haze because the effect is also felt by Singapore. We, not to mention Singapore, dislike (the haze). Everyone dislikes it and we have put in extra effort to tackle the fires,” he was reported saying on Tuesday.

This latest U-turn came after the country stepped up its firefighting efforts. President Joko Widodo ordered the mobilisation of hundreds more troops and enforcement officers to tackle the forest fires, which have caused air quality to reach hazardous levels in Riau.

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Nobody trusts the Little Israel of SE Asia.

If you think we got it bad, their API reading is about 1000. So we have to ask what was the governor doing? Or maybe most elites live in Jakarta and got no idea what is happening in their constituencies,

Why the timber tycoons are untouchable?

They are not gods you know!