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Singapore to pursue firms over fires despite Indonesian ire
Published Sun, Jul 3, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Jakarta
SINGAPORE is refusing to back down in its pursuit of those responsible for haze-belching forest fires in South-east Asia last year, despite struggling to bring the perpetrators before the courts and drawing a sharp rebuke from neighbouring Indonesia.
Forest fires are part of an annual dry season problem in Indonesia, started illegally to quickly and cheaply clear land for cultivation - particularly for palm oil and pulpwood.
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