JAKARTA (ANN): Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad wonders aloud why a neighbour clearly in desperate need would dismiss offers for help — as thousands of schools remain closed, orangutans are relocated and millions choke on smoky haze across parts of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Malaysia and Singapore.
"We had offered help all the time. We have airplanes that are special, which spray water," he said, as quoted by the New Straits Times Friday, referring to forest fires in Indonesia.
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