Haze probe outcome will determine action against M'sian companies

The government is to act against Malaysian-owned plantations in Indonesia if it is found true that they resorted to open burning, which contributed to the recent trans-boundary haze.told the Dewan Rakyat that the government is awaiting the outcome of an investigation on the matter.

He was replying to a question from Khairy Jamaluddin , who asked the ministry to state the extent of the role of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries set up by Malaysia and Indonesia in addressing the opening up of plantation land by open burning by the oil palm companies that cause the annual trans-boundary haze.

The practice of sustainable cultivation complies with the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil certification and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification which includes prohibiting open burning, he said.

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