{
  "id": 15768041,
  "title": "Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic haze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/indonesian-anger-builds-over-wildfires-toxic-haze-15768041",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T15:25:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/20/indonesian-anger-builds-over-wildfires-toxic-haze"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indonesians are protesting in several cities against wildfires and toxic haze that have plagued the country for weeks, causing illness and economic hardship. The demonstrations, called by students, are demanding stronger government action after marking the second year of President Prabowo Subianto's administration. Protests were held in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Pekanbaru, and Makassar, with one banner reading \"If we burn, you burn with us!\" Residents in Palangkaraya, Borneo, expressed despair over the severity of the haze, which has caused businesses to suffer and people to feel beaten down by their deteriorating health. The government deployed over 60,000 firefighters and 49 aircraft to combat the fires, but many efforts have been hampered by the haze itself.",
  "summary": "Demonstrators pointed particularly to the government’s inability to put out the fires that have ravaged vast swaths of Borneo and Sumatra since July.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}