坤甸：周三（10月7日），印尼政府在法庭上被指控存在“严重疏忽”。
此案针对总统及其他官员，起因是森林火灾产生的有毒雾霾笼罩了婆罗洲岛的部分地区。
PONTIANAK: Indonesia's government was accused of "gross negligence" in a court case that opened on Wednesday (Oct 7) against the president and other officials over a toxic haze emitted by wildfires that blanketed parts of Borneo island.
包括当地原住民非政府组织AMAN分会在内的四名原告，上个月在西加里曼丹省坤甸市的法院提起了集体诉讼。
Four plaintiffs, including a local chapter of Indigenous NGO AMAN, filed the class action lawsuit last month at a court in Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
该地区深受火灾和烟雾困扰，导致学校停课，数百人因呼吸道疾病寻求医疗救助。
The region has been hit hard by fires and smoke that have shuttered schools and forced hundreds to seek medical help for respiratory ailments.
普拉博沃·苏比安托总统和西加里曼丹省省长等10人被列为被告。
President Prabowo Subianto and the governor of West Kalimantan are among 10 defendants.
原告律师格洛里奥·萨嫩在首次听证会后表示，此案是“解决问题的一步”，这些年度森林火灾主要归咎于森林破坏，且今年因厄尔尼诺现象导致的异常干旱而加剧。
The plaintiffs' lawyer Glorio Sanen said after the first hearing that the case was "a step to address the problem" of annual wildfires blamed largely on forest destruction and fuelled this year by an exceptionally intense episode of the drought-causing El Nino weather phenomenon Indonesia has for weeks battled to control fires that have burned through vast swathes of Sumatra, Papua and Borneo, spewing a choking smog as far as Malaysia and Singapore.
印尼已连续数周努力扑灭苏门答腊、巴布亚和婆罗洲大片地区的火灾，浓烟甚至蔓延至马来西亚和新加坡。据法新社记者报道，周三庭审时没有被告出席。
None of the defendants were present, according to an AFP reporter in the courtroom on Wednesday.
格洛里奥对他们的缺席表示遗憾，但也表示理解，称可能是雾霾导致他们无法在坤甸降落。数百个航班因浓烟受到干扰。
"We feel sad and regretful about their absence ... But on the other hand, we also understand that perhaps this haze condition caused them to be unable to land in Pontianak," Glorio told reporters. Hundreds of flights have been disrupted by the putrid smoke.
根据法新社查阅的法庭文件，原告指控政府未能解决这一反复出现的问题，构成“严重疏忽”。
The plaintiffs have accused the government of "gross negligence" for failing to address what has been a recurring problem, according to a court filing seen by AFP.
他们要求政府宣布国家灾难，以便采取全面的恢复和重建措施，包括承担受影响居民的医疗费用。去年在南苏门答腊法院提起的类似诉讼已被驳回。
They want the government to declare a national disaster allowing for comprehensive recovery and rehabilitation measures that would include covering the healthcare costs of affected residents. A similar lawsuit filed last year at a court in South Sumatra was dismissed.