Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla asked Malaysia on Sunday to be "fair" in responding to the issue of smoke haze from Indonesian forest fires that has been choking neighboring countries.
"The oxygen produced by the forests of Kalimantan and Sumatra has benefited Malaysia," Kalla said in a speech before a congress of Hindu followers. "If they want the benefit, sometimes, when something bad happens, they shouldn't feel bothered."~Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
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Does that mean we 'owe' Indonesia oxygen that they 'produced' for use over the years?
So let me get this straight .. You poison our air with noxious and poisonous smog which is drifting to our air space. All this can be 'contra'ed as we have reaped the benefits of breathing clean air for the months before the haze occured ? Call it even??
Not by a long shot!!
It's the most childish thing I've heard since this haze problem started. I have no doubt this statement alone will provoke angry retorts from Malaysia. Not a very diplomatic thing to say in my humble opinion.
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