Domestic Transboundary Haze Pollution Act urgently needed


THE Malaysian Bar is concerned to learn from an Aug 3 news report that the government has decided to shelve the tabling of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.

Annually, including last year, the Asean region has been confronted with the threat of toxic haze caused by large-scale fires in Indonesia.

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