Law to nab haze culprits under way

By SIRA HABIBU

Nation
Thursday, 22 Oct 2015
12:00 AM MYT

Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

PETALING JAYA: A new law similar to Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act is being drafted in Malaysia to bring to book local companies setting forest fires abroad.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the proposed law was necessary to ensure that offenders causing transborder haze did not escape with impunity.

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Tags / Keywords: Courts & Crime , Government , Wan Junaidi , natural Resources and Environemnt minister , haze , MoU , companies , legal action

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