Indonesia seals off companies over forest fires
(WorldNews Indonesia)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia has sealed off 30 companies amid a row with Malaysia over forest fires that are spreading a thick, noxious haze around Southeast Asia, officials said Saturday. The plantation companies, including a Singapore-based company and four firms affiliated with Malaysian corporate groups, are under scrutiny and waiting for decisions on possible punishment, said Sugeng Riyanto, the law enforcement director at Indonesia`s Forestry and Environment Ministry. Nearly every year, Indonesian forest fires spread health-damaging haze across the...