PETALING JAYA: A total of 1,586 open burning cases have been reported this year up to March 10, says Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.
"A total of 29 cases involved large-scale fires of permanent reserve forests, undergrowth, and peat soil forests including landfills, which were successfully extinguished," the Environment and Water Minister said after chairing the National Haze and Dry Weather Committee meeting on Thursday (March 18).
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