Irhami said in a news conference Sunday in the capital, Jakarta, that they would not stop at the perpetrators on the ground, and added that they would determine who benefited from these activities and who was ultimately behind them. The suspects face charges that carry penalties ranging from hefty fines to prison terms of up to 15 years, he said.
プラボウォ大統領の現地視察と企業への責任追及
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto flew on Saturday to Central Kalimantan province, where more than 7,600 hectares (18,700 acres) have burned, to encourage authorities to get the haze cloud under control.
Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia
Prabowo promised government resources required to contain the fires, including helicopters and water pumps, and vowed to hold accountable any companies found to have contributed to the fires.
インドネシア大統領のプラボウォ・スビアント氏は、過去にはこれよりも深刻な森林・土地火災を経験しており、それを克服することができたと述べた。
Prabowo said during the visit that he hoped they could control this soon, and added that they had experienced worse forest and land fires in the past, and were able to overcome them. Accompanying the president was Prasetyo Hadi, the head of State Secretariat. He said at least four companies in West Kalimantan province are under investigation for allegedly using fire to clear land. If they are proven to have intentionally set the fires, they could face sanctions, including the revocation of their operating permits, he added.
泥炭地特有の消火の難しさと広域への煙害
Smoke from the fires on Sunday blanketed parts of Borneo, the world’s third-largest island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Indonesia administers about three-quarters of the island, where the country’s Environment Ministry recorded more than 3,700 hot spots on Sunday.
BNPB chief Suharyanto said fire activity had increased in West, Central and South Kalimantan provinces on Borneo, where many blazes worsen due to peatlands, prolonging the dangerous haze in several areas.
Suharyanto, Head of BNPB
国家防災庁長官のスハリヤント氏は、表面上は消し止められたように見える土地でも地下に火種が残っている可能性があるため、泥炭を再び湿らせて火災を完全に鎮静化させるには十分な降雨が極めて重要であると述べた。
The western island of South Sumatra also battled fires, with more than 1,700 hot spots detected on Sunday, causing a choked haze cloud and reducing visibility to only 10 meters (33 feet) in some areas, the ministry said.
当局はカリマンタン上空での人工降雨（クラウドシーディング）作戦を再開しました。カリマンタンには30機、スマトラには22機のヘリコプターが動員され、空中からの消火活動やパトロールにあたっています。
Cloud-seeding resumed over Kalimantan on Sunday, with 30 helicopters for water-bombing and aerial patrol missions, and another 22 helicopters covering Sumatra.
また、こうした森林火災による濃い煙は隣国マレーシアにも流れ込んでいます。特にサラワク州では深刻な影響が出ており、金曜日にはある地区で大気質が「非常に不健康」を記録しました。ほかの8地区でも不健康な数値が検出されたため、サラワク州政府は約600校の休校を決定し、およそ20万人の生徒が影響を受けています。
Meanwhile, Malaysia has suffered severe smoke from the fires, with its eastern state of Sarawak among the hardest hit. One district recorded “very unhealthy” air quality on Friday, while eight others posted unhealthy readings, prompting the closure of nearly 600 schools and affecting about 200,000 students, the Sarawak government said.