FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The Indonesian government is finally acting against companies blamed for igniting fires that resulted in a massive haze enveloping an enormous swathe of Southeast Asia, with a charge filed against PT Adei Plantations, Malaysia’s third-largest palm oil planter.
The charge covers environmental damage arising out of the worse pollution to hit the region in 16 years. Another four companies are being investigated but they have not been identified.
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — More than 50,000 black-clad supporters of Malaysia’s opposition defied a police threat they would be arrested to attend a rally to protest against the outcome of the country’s fraud-marred elections. The crowd […]
FAR EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT — The Malaysian government has begun another crackdown on illegal immigrants, targeting half-a-million people who have fled conflicts in the Southern Philippines, Myanmar and beyond. The move was not unexpected as […]
FAR EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT — After forest fires raged across the island of Sumatra for a week, swaddling Singapore and parts of Malaysia in dense, toxic haze, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on June 24 was […]
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