PUTRAJAYA: No Malaysian plantation companies with oil palm concessions in Indonesia have been found to be involved in forest fires linked to the haze.
Government spokesman Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said cross-checks with Malaysian companies showed that most of the fires observed had occurred outside concessions owned by Malaysian firms.
"There was one plantation owned by a Malaysian company, Genting Plantations, where a fire had spread from outside the plantation rather than originating within it.
"The fire has since been put out," he said at his weekly post-cabinet press conference here today.
Fahmi said the Malaysian Palm Oil Board would continue to engage with Malaysian plantation companies operating in Indonesia.
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He said parts of Kalimantan had gone more than 101 days without rain, with little rainfall recorded during that period.
Asked about Indonesia's response to offers of assistance from neighbouring countries, Fahmi said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had informed the cabinet that there had been some developments.
"However, there are several aspects of coordination that need to be followed up on.
"The issue is that the fire has spread quite extensively.
"So, any form of assistance and assets that we offered about a month ago may now need to be reassessed to ensure that the assistance genuinely serves its intended purpose," Fahmi said.
He said discussions were ongoing, but details of the specific assets that might be sent were not yet available.
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