HELPLESS VICTIMS
This file picture taken on September 14, 2015 shows an Indonesian mother holding her daughter as they wait at a health center following thick haze in Pekanbaru in Riau province. A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released on Monday. AFP PHOTO
This file picture taken on September 14, 2015 shows an Indonesian mother holding her daughter as they wait at a health center following thick haze in Pekanbaru in Riau province. A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released on Monday. AFP PHOTO
JAKARTA: A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released on Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the “killer haze.”