I must congratulate Martin Jalleh on a well-written letter as regards to the haze in Malaysia.

Yes, it has been more than 20 years and it seems nothing can be done by either our government or its Indonesian counterpart. So shall we just let things be, close our eyes, and forget that the haze will come around again?

It is abundantly clear to all by now that the Indonesian government is not bothered to do anything about it. I suspect the fires may be started with the concurrence of that government as at this particular time of the year, the winds are blowing our way and away from them.

For the Indonesian government to just dismiss the whole episode by blaming the fires on Malaysian-owned plantation companies is just to spite us. Yes, they may be Malaysian-owned companies, but they are first and foremost Indonesian companies as they are registered in Indonesia under their laws and under their control.

The next big question, after all these years, is what is our government finally going to do about it? Of course, the government may just accept the Indonesian apology and tell the Malaysian rakyat, 'Look, they have apologised. What more do you want?'

Our government, as records show, is in the habit of pandering to Indonesia.