Indonesia has pledged to respect international law as Singapore investigates companies and individuals linked to the 2015 land and forest fires. AsiaNewsNetwork
In 2015, under Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act , the National Environment Agency launched an investigation into four Indonesian companies – PT Bumi Andalas Permai, PT Bumi Mekar Hijau, PT Sebangun Bumi Andalas Woods Industries and PT Rimba Hutani Mas.
An NEA spokesman said in an e-mail to The Straits Times last Saturday that the investigations under the THPA are still ongoing. “We are obligated to defend Indonesian nationals, but we also enforce laws on them if they are found guilty,” the minister said.This means that “any verdict or sanction on Indonesian parties issued by foreign courts and governments will not be automatically executable in Indonesia”, ministry spokesman Jodi Mahardi told ST on June 25.
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