{
  "id": 2477375,
  "title": "Haze problem best resolved through Asean diplomatic channels, says Mohamad",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/haze-problem-best-resolved-through-asean-diplomatic-channels-says-2477375",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T01:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/22/haze-problem-best-resolved-through-asean-diplomatic-channels-says-mohamad"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan has stated that the transboundary haze plaguing Malaysia and other regional countries can be effectively resolved through Asean diplomatic channels. Speaking in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, he emphasized that Asean remains the most suitable platform for tackling regional issues, according to Bernama. The NRES minister, Arthur Joseph Kurup, will also correspond with his Indonesian counterpart regarding the matter.\n\nMohamad, who is on a three-day working visit to Brunei, highlighted that the 27th Malaysia-Brunei Annual Leaders’ Consultation today will most likely feature the haze issue as a topic of discussion between Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. He noted that the haze problem currently concerns both nations mutually.\n\nSarawak has 10 monitoring stations with air quality levels marked as unhealthy as of 8am. Serian's API reading has returned to 190, while Kuching, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Sarikei, Sibu, Bintulu, Mukah, Samalaju, and Miri have reached unhealthy levels of 181, 177, 174, 172, 160, 157, 156 each, 152, and 89 and 77 respectively.",
  "summary": "Foreign minister says the natural resources and environmental sustainability ministry will submit an official letter to the Asean Secretariat in due course.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Haze problem best resolved through Asean diplomatic channels, says Mohamad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/haze-problem-best-resolved-through-asean-diplomatic-channels-says",
        "published": "2026-08-22T01:54:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Malaysia calls for collective Asean action to tackle transboundary haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/malaysia-calls-for-collective-asean-action-to-tackle-transboundary",
        "published": "2026-08-22T03:48:01.000Z"
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  "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."
}