A Malaysian minister said that a Malaysian palm oil company operating in Indonesia said that the wildfires, which caused smog and haze in parts of Southeast Asia, were not within the scope of its franchised woodland. Communications Minister Fahmi Fazl said at a briefing on Friday that Genting Plantation is the only local company that has discovered fires in its own woodland. Genting Plantation has yet to respond to comment emails and office calls. Fahmi said, “The source of the fire did not come from inside the plantation, but spread from outside, and has now been extinguished. The affected area is 5 hectares.” The environmental organization Greenpeace pointed out last week that the licensed woodland of more than 20 palm oil, pulp and sugar companies was the source of fire smoke in Indonesia, and several of them were linked to Malaysia and Singapore.

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