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Police have named 72 suspects in their crackdown on deliberate land burning after President Prabowo Subianto over the weekend ordered a rapid response to land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Riders wear protective masks as smog covers the area due to recent wildfires in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan on August 14, 2026. (Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
Police have named 72 suspects in their crackdown on deliberate land burning after President Prabowo Subianto ordered over the weekend a rapid response to disasters ravaging parts of the country, including efforts to contain the land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra.The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) on Sunday said police investigations across five provinces in Kalimantan and four in Sumatra found evidence suggesting that fires detected through satellite-monitored hot spots had been deliberately set by the suspects.
