Singapore has identified seven firms suspected of involvement in Indonesian
forest fires and plans to issue remediation notices under the Transboundary Haze
Pollution Act requiring them to stop open burning or be barred from burning and
to submit plans to prevent recurrence, Minister Grace Fu said. Fu did not
specify whether the firms are Singaporean or Indonesian; the government will
publish the names later. Prime Minister Wong said he will investigate the firms
responsible and warned legal action may follow, after El Niño-driven drought
sparked severe fires that have shrouded Singapore and Malaysia in toxic haze for
weeks.
