Stop slash and burn by farmers, Jakarta told

Hazardous situation: An aerial picture showing thick smoke rising from the open burning in Riau recently. — EPA

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has urged Indonesia to rethink allowing its smallholders to carry out open burning to clear land.

This traditional method, if stopped, will help lessen the transboundary haze that plagues Malaysia annually, said Natural Resource and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.