Wisma Putra sets up operations room to monitor haze in Indonesia


Motorists commute along a road shrouded in haze in Kampar, Riau province on September 18, 2015. Southeast Asia has been enveloped in choking haze from agricultural fires in Indonesia over the past fortnight. - AFP

PUTRAJAYA: The Foreign Ministry has set up an operations room to monitor the haze situation in Indonesia and to assist affected Malaysians in and around Riau Province.

The operations room can be reached at 03-8887 4570 or via email at dutyofficer@kln.gov.my

An operations room at the Malaysian Consulate in Pekanbaru has also been opened and can be reached at +62 761 856 166/67 or via email at mwpekanbaru@kln.gov.my.

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