Probe into Malaysian pilot's RM45m drug case still ongoing - Indonesian minister

Civil society groups in Malaysia have urged the Indonesian government to publish the names of all companies, particularly Malaysian-owned entities, involved in regional forest fires and open burning. Heng Kiah Chun, interim country representative of Greenpeace Malaysia, stressed the need for transparency to allow responsible companies to clear their names and non-compliant ones to be held accountable.

Both Heng and Brendon Gan, representing student advocacy group Himpunan Advocacy Rakyat Malaysia, also called for the implementation of a standalone Transboundary Haze Act, noting that Malaysia, as a signatory to the 2002 Asean Agreement, currently lacks extraterritorial legislation to prosecute local companies operating abroad.

Gan proposed that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim coordinate directly with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to share data, analysis, and lists of companies, in order to jointly tackle the environmental crisis. Protests were held outside the Indonesian embassy, with demonstrators holding placards and chanting slogans such as "Can't breathe," "Not free from pollution yet," "Name them, show the evidence, take action," "Tolerate, tolerate smog!" and "Tolerate, tolerate pollution!"

The air pollutant index in Serian, Sarawak, reached a hazardous level of 517 at 10:45am, indicating that the air quality was either moderate to hazardous in East Malaysia or good to unhealthy in Peninsular Malaysia.