MURKY MORNINGS The sun is seen rising through hazy conditions from near a dragon statue at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur on October 3. Singapore and large expanses of Indonesia have suffered for weeks from acrid smoke billowing from fires on plantations and peatlands in Indonesia that are being illegally cleared by burning. AFP PHOTO
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s premier has called upon Indonesia to act against those responsible for raging forest and agricultural fires that have blanketed the region in smog for weeks, as Malaysian schools closed again for two days out of health concerns.