Wan Junaidi: Indonesia misjudged strength of El Nino


By YU JI

KUCHING: South-East Asia’s haze crisis this year was partly due to the Indonesian authorities under-estimating the strength of the El Nino drought.

Not since 1997 and 1998 had the dry season been this severe, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said yesterday when asked about Indonesia’s pledge to end the annual haze occurrence by 2018.

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