PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian has been slapped with a year’s jail for causing forest fires in Indonesia which led to the severe haze in Malaysia and Singapore.
The Jakarta Post reported that Danesuvaran KR Singam, who is a general manager at the plantation firm PT ADEI Plantation and Industry, a unit of Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, was found guilty by the Pelalawan district court in Riau for violating Article 99(1) of the 2009 Environmental Protection and Management Law.
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