Central Sumatra hotspots cause of transboundary haze

Several areas in the Klang Valley were covered in haze as seen from this photo taken at 2.30pm Tuesday.

KLANG: The Klang Valley is being hit  by encroaching haze believed to be caused by an increase in the number of hotspots in Central Sumatra over the weekend.

Selangor executive councillor for environment Elizabeth Wong said that “the haze experienced in the Klang Balley is transboundary haze after an exponential increase of hotspots in Central Sumatra since the weekend.