Haze hits Singapore produce imports as Indonesia investigates 11 firms

Malaysian produce arrives smaller and costlier

Haze is affecting vegetable imports into Singapore, with produce from Malaysia arriving in smaller sizes and at higher prices, Channel NewsAsia reported. One wholesaler estimated that a typical Malaysian iceberg lettuce was about 50 per cent smaller than usual.

Malaysia backs accuracy of pollution data

Malaysia’s official Air Pollutant Index readings are monitored through quality-assurance procedures, equipment calibration and audits of instrument performance, according to Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup.

RTM reported that the measures are intended to prevent abnormal data from affecting the air-quality information given to the public.

Indonesian police name companies as suspects

Indonesian police have named 11 companies as suspects in continuing investigations into forest and land fires, RTM reported, citing Antara. Three were identified as foreign-investment firms.

The national police chief declined to disclose the companies’ names and said the investigations were continuing without major obstacles.