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Malaysia: The haze

Categories: East Asia, Malaysia

One of the biggest immediate problems facing Malaysia right now is a thick layer of haze over peninsular Malaysia [1], leading the government to declare a air pollution emergency. Malaysian bloggers are, of course weighing in: Volume of Interactions lays the blame on ASEAN inaction; [2] Jeff Ooi notes that the government is being surprising transparent during the crisis [3]; and Mack Zulkifi digs up some satellite photographs of the pollution [4].