Walhi counts 372 burned concessions, Singapore eyes 13 RI firms

Walhi and Greenpeace Indonesia are urging forest and land fire enforcement to be expanded to corporations that are suspected of benefiting from the burning. Walhi said 372 company entities with concession areas were indicated as burned across eight provinces from Jan. 1-Sept. 6, 2026, and called on Polri to quickly trace the controllers and beneficiaries, not only field actors. Walhi also demanded disclosure of the names of corporations already named as suspects and updates on 31 cases in 10 provinces. At the same time, Singapore's National Environment Agency has released the names of 13 Indonesian companies suspected of being linked to forest and land fires under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act. The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said communication with Singapore is continuing. Greenpeace said Singapore and Malaysia should also act more firmly because there are corporate groups and financing tied to both countries.