Haze in Malaysia

We Malaysians go through this haze every year. The haze is caused by smoke from the open burning either our own rural areas or Indonesia (Sumatra or Kalimantan).

However, this year is the worst haze that our friends in Klang Valley ever experienced. The Air Pollution Index (API) reached 450. There is a possibility that all residents in the high-API areas will be ordered to stay home until the haze subsides.

The Indonesians are being accused of causing the haze and there is nothing the Indon government can do about it. It might have not be this bad if the wind that came from the south equator do not turned north-east.

This is what we Malaysians have to put up with being a natural neighbour to the bush burning peasants.

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