JAKARTA: Indonesian police say they have arrested 230 people suspected of starting fires that are spreading haze across a large part of South-East Asia.
National police spokesperson Dedi Prasetyo yesterday said that those arrested include three men who were caught while trying to clear land to plant crops in the Tesso Nilo National Park, which is home to about 140 endangered wild elephants.
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