Social and environmental activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the government should also discuss with the neighbouring country for the sake of health and environment and endeavour to achieve a haze free status. "Malaysia needs to have a Cross Boundary Haze Act like Singapore which was implemented in 2014, namely, enabling legal action against those who cause the haze in that country. Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. But, he conceded that the people in the country had a short memory because they would hurl numerous comments when haze took place but when the weather improved, the haze was as if forgotten. He said the haze which affected the country over a month ago affected the daily lives of the communities and impacted seriously on health and the economy.

Source: New Strait Times October 19, 2019 13:18 UTC