COMMENT | Legislate transboundary haze pollution act

COMMENT | During monsoon season, the Southeast Asian mainland and Borneo normally face the prospect of haze originating from the Indonesia archipelago.

The spectre of haze often hangs over Malaysia and Singapore for weeks and even months like a sword of Damocles.

This unhealthy haze is primarily made of the dissipated smoke from fires on Sumatra - one of the islands in Indonesia - from human activities via the cutting down of trees and the peatlands open burning.

When haze in Southeast Asia is said to have been caused by human activities, it immediately jogs one’s memory to the...