Prabowo warns regional critics Indonesia won’t be ‘insulted’ over haze

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Indonesian President Prabowo criticized countries that he said insult Indonesia over wildfire-related haze affecting neighboring nations. Fires have reportedly burned more than 1.9 million hectares over nine months, contributing to dangerous air pollution across the region.

Indonesia’s president railed against “countries that like to insult” his nation over wildfires that have razed vast areas, spewing toxic haze into neighbouring countries. The Southeast Asian giant has for months struggled to contain fires that Nusantara Atlas, an independent monitor analysing satellite data, said had consumed more than 1.9 million hectares (4.7 million acres) in the nine months to September. The haze has sent air pollution levels surging to dangerous levels not only at home, but...