Indonesian police have received 104 reports involving corporations linked to 29,168.78 hectares of burnt land across several provinces. (EPA Images pic)JAKARTA: Indonesian police are investigating 97 corporations, including 22 foreign-linked companies, over forest and land fire cases across the country, with 20 companies already named as suspects.
National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) chief comm gen Asep Safrudin said 16 of the 20 corporate suspects were domestically invested companies, while the remaining four were foreign-invested.
“The number of corporate suspects may increase as our investigations continue,” he said at a press conference in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Thursday, which was streamed live on social media.
