Haze returns as hotspots detected near Sarawak


Hazy days are back: Penang Hill is partially shrouded in haze as the state’s API climbs to 50.

GEORGE TOWN: The haze is back as Indonesian farmers have reportedly started their traditional slash-and-burn rituals.

About 40 hotspots were detected as of Monday in Kalimantan, most of them close to the Sarawak border on the western end.

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