JAKARTA: The Attorney-General of Indonesia on Monday defended the government after the country's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling which blamed President Joko Widodo and his cabinet ministers, as well as regional administrations, for failing to control the wildfires in 2015.
Intense fires raged across more than 330,000 hectares of forests and lands in 2015, reported Antara news agency, citing data from Indonesia's disaster agency . The ruling upheld by the country's highest court ordered the President, along with the environment and forestry minister, health minister and Central Kalimantan governor, to build a lung hospital that provides free treatment for the 2015 haze survivors, the report added. Other hospitals in Central Kalimantan were also told to provide free treatment for the victims.
Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar defended the government's work in tackling wildfires, citing tougher law enforcement on individuals as well as companies suspected of causing the fires.
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