Indonesia Sends Army to Fight Fires as Najib Protests Haze
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Indonesia is sending more than 3,000 soldiers, marines and air force officers to fight forest fires in Sumatra that have been blamed for heavy haze over neighboring Malaysia and Singapore.
Nearly half of those would be sent to Riau province today, Syamsul Ma’arif, head of Indonesia’s disaster management agency, told reporters in Jakarta. The Indonesian Palm Oil Association is also preparing 26 fire-fighting units to put out fires surrounding its members’ plantations, Secretary General Joko Supriyono said in Jakarta.