Pakatan Rakyat (PR) akan membawa isu jerebu yang semakin kritikal di negara ini ke Parlimen yang akan bersidang esok dan bersedia bekerjasama dengan Barisan Nasional (BN), bagi memastikan masalah berkenaan tidak akan berulang.Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan Jawatankuasa Kabinet perlu berbincang dalam kadar segera bagi mengatasi masalah jerebu, dan bukannya menunding jari mencari kesalahan mana-mana pihak.
"Keadaan semakin gawat, apa sahaja langkah yang perlu diambil perlu dilaksanakan," kata pemimpin pembangkang itu ketika sidang media selepas berucap di majlis perasmian Konvensyen Pakatan Rakyat di Hotel De Palma, Ampang di sini.
"Buka setakat menunding siapa salah, kedua-duanya, Malaysia dan Indonesia perlu bersidang dan mencari penyelesaian," kata Ketua Umum PKR itu lagi, dan menambah tindakan segera juga perlu diambil terhadap syarikat Malaysia di Indonesia yang dikatan terlibat menjadi punca kepada masalah jerebu.
"Syarikat kroni Malaysia terlibat, dan Malaysia perlu bertindak."
Menteri Alam Sekitar Indonesia, Dr Balthasar Kambuaya sebelum ini berkata pihaknya telah mengenal pasti lapan syarikat yang mempunyai kaitan dengan Malaysia sedang disiasat kerana melakukan pembakaran di Riau dan Jambi, yang mengakibatkan jerebu sehingga memberi ancaman kepada negara jiran Malaysia dan Singapura.
Menurut Dr Balthasar, kesemua lapan syarikat itu dimiliki oleh para pelabur Malaysia dan kebakaran yang berlaku dikesan di bawah konsesi mereka.
Harus dibuat lebih awal dan di seluruh Johor, topeng muka itu perlu diedarkan lebih awal lagi. Saya rasa semua langkah perlu dilaksanakan lebih awal.
Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng juga turut menegaskan PR juga sedia bekerjasama dengan kerajaan bagi mencari penyelesaian dalam isu jerebu.
"Macam mana pun, kami dari pihak PR mengatakan tindakan awal seharusnya boleh diambil ... Kami sedia bekerjasama dengan kerajaan, yang penting kesihatan dan keselamatan rakyat," katanya, yang juga merupakan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang dalam sidang media berkenaan.
Lim turut berkata, kerajaan juga seharusnya telah mula mengedarkan topeng percuma kepada penduduk terjejas akibat jerebu, dan mencadangkan penguatkuasaan ketat daripada Jabatan Alam Sekitar.
Indonesia telah berkata republik berkenaan telah mengenalpasti lapan syarikat berkenaan iaitu;PT Langgam Inti Hiberida; PT Bumi Rakksa Sejati; PT Tunggal Mitra Plantation;PT Udaya Loh Dinawi; PT Adei Plantation; PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa ;PT Multi Gambut Industri dan PT Mustika Agro Lestari.
Awal hari ini, Muar telah diisytihar darurat pagi ini selepas Indeks Pencemar Udara (IPU) berada pada tahap setinggi 750 sementara dua bandar di Melaka dicatatkan pada bacaan 300.
Bacaan IPU tertinggi di Malaysia adalah di Sarawak pada 1997 dengan bacaan 860.
Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar Datuk Seri G Palanivel berkata hari ini kedaan jerebu di tiga bandar telah mencapai tahap berbahaya.
Dua lagi bandar adalah Bukit Rambai pada 357 dan Bandaraya Melaka pada 364.
Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Datuk Halimah Hassan pagi ini telah meminta pengarah Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) untuk mengisytiharkan darurat di Muar hari ini.
MKN dijangka akan mengeluarkan arahan kepada penduduk untuk tinggal dalam rumah dan mengarahkan sekolah di beberapa negeri terus ditutup.
Palanivel juga berkata, MKN akan mengadakan pembenihan awam serta merta untuk memastikan hujan membersihkan asap yang datang melalui Selat Melaka itu.
Bacaan IPU di bandar-bandar terpilih setakat pukul 8.00 pagi tadi adalah Pasir Gudang [123], Kemaman [140], Kelang [189], Balok Baru, Kuantan [137], Petaling Jaya [111], Johor Bahru [114], Shah Alam [104], Port Dickson [168], Kota Tinggi [137] dan Banting [110]. - 23 Jun, 2013.-malaysian insider
Minister Palanivel given 48 hours to name the haze-linked firms or...
An NGO has given Environment Minister G Palanivel a 48-hour ultimatum to name the Malaysian companies involved in the ongoing haze crisis, or it will take the government to court for negligence.
“We demand answers from Palanivel and give us the names of Malaysian companies involved in open burning in Sumatra.
“We
want him to be responsible on the safety, health and environment of
Malaysians today,” said Memacu Arus Perjuangan (MAP) deputy president
Ally Harzan Hashim (left) when met by Malaysiakini today.The group’s lawyer Ahmad Jufliz Faiza said that if the minister fails, the group intends to bring the government to court for negligence by failing its duty of care to Malaysian citizens.
The clock for Palanivel starts at 4pm today, when the interview was held.
MAP also wants Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam to disclose health-related statistics regarding the haze, such as the number of persons visiting hospitals for breathing difficulties, in order to raise awareness on the issue.
Ally Harzan claims that he has surveyed hospitals in Kajang and found that 300 children and 200 senior citizens had sought treatments for respiratory illnesses.
They also complained about government inaction over the haze and an apparent short-supply of N95 respirators.
While many Malaysians are seen wearing surgical masks on the streets, it offers negligible protection against fine particles whereas a well-fitted N95 respirator can filter out even finer particles.
Indonesian NGOs helping
Another of MAP’s lawyers, Patrick Dass, questioned whether the government had vested interests in the companies involved, judging from its inaction although the haze has been a recurring problem for about 15 years.
The ongoing haze, which has resulted in a state of emergency being declared in parts of Johor, has been blamed on palm oil companies practising slash-and-burn tactics to clear the forests in Sumatra. Some of these companies are believed to be Malaysian, or owned by Malaysians.
Ally
Harzan said MAP has several suspects, and is working with Parti Rakyat
Malaysia (PRM) and environmental NGOs in Singapore and Indonesia for
confirmation on which companies are involved.“We know the names of the companies, but we have to confirm this. That is why we request the government through the minister to give us the names, while we are also liaising with other NGOs to get their names,” said Ahmad Jufliz (right).
The NGOs would also initiate legal action against the companies responsible for the haze in their home countries if necessary, he said.
Backing their call for action to tackle the haze, PRM president Rohana Ariffin said, “Every year it has been promised that this thing will be resolved, but I think it has to be stopped now.”- malaysiakini
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