印度尼西亚雅加达——一群来自婆罗洲岛的居民指责政府疏于处理已在当地肆虐三个多月的森林火灾。该团体的律师周五透露，相关听证会于本周启动。
EDNA TARIGAN JAKARTA, Indonesia — A group of residents on Indonesia’s island of Borneo have accused the government of negligence in handling forest fires that have been raging there for more than three months. The hearings in the case started this week, the group’s lawyer said on Friday.
据该团体的律师格洛丽亚·萨内介绍，这些来自西加里曼丹省的居民称，当局在火灾应对及灭火行动监管方面均存在疏忽。
The residents from West Kalimantan province on Borneo claim authorities were negligent in handling the fires and allege that there was also negligence in supervision of the firefighting actions, according to Gloria Sanen, the lawyer of the group.
萨内表示，这群居民将自己的团体命名为“Nafas Kalbar”，在印尼语中意为“西加里曼丹的气息”。他们于上月向省会城市坤甸的法院提起了诉讼。
The residents call their group Nafas Kalbar, which in Indonesian means “Breath of West Kalimantan,” she said. The case was filed before the court in the provincial city of Pontianak last month.
诉讼对象包括27名个人及机构，涉及印尼总统与副总统、林业与环境部，以及执法官员和地方当局。
It accuses 27 individuals and agencies, including the Indonesian president and vice president, the ministries of forestry and environment, as well as law enforcement officials and local authorities.
今年，受厄尔尼诺现象加剧及旱季持续影响，印尼的森林与土地火灾情况愈发严重。不仅婆罗洲岛的印尼辖区如此，苏门答腊岛的部分地区也深受其害。水资源短缺严重阻碍了灭火工作，日本已向该岛派遣消防支援力量。
Indonesia’s longstanding forest and land fires have worsened this year amid an intensifying El Nino and a prolonged dry season, not only in the Indonesian part of Borneo but also in some regions on Sumatra island. Water shortages in the areas have hampered firefighting, while Japan has deployed firefighting assistance to the island.
普拉博沃·苏比安托总统与吉布兰·拉卡布明·拉卡副总统均曾前往婆罗洲的火灾区域视察。
Both President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka have visited areas near the wildfires on Borneo.
萨内称，这些居民还表示，数周过去了，浓重的雾霾与有毒烟雾依然笼罩着当地，严重影响了他们的日常生活、孩子的健康以及交通运输。受灾地区的学生已有两个月无法上学。“我认为这对我们所有人来说都是不公平的，”她补充道。
The residents also say that weeks later, they still live with thick haze and toxic smoke that have affected their daily lives and the health of their children and disrupted transportation. Students in the affected areas have not been able to attend school for two months, Sanen said. “I think that’s unfair to all of us,” she added.
仅用一个名字示人的西加里曼丹原住民联盟负责人托诺表示，他所代表的社群参与此次诉讼“并非为了指责政府，而是希望促使国家切实履行保护民众与环境的责任，防止森林与土地火灾再度发生”。有毒烟雾还引发了周边国家的健康危机，甚至飘到了800多公里外的菲律宾。在马来西亚，当局上周宣布婆罗洲岛上的砂拉越州进入紧急状态。
Tono, the head of the West Kalimantan Indigenous Peoples Alliance who goes by only one name, said the lawsuit that his community has joined is “not intended to find fault with the government, but to urge the state to fulfill its responsibility to protect the public and the environment, and to ensure that forest and land fires do not continue to recur.”Toxic haze and smoke have caused a health crisis in neighboring countries as well. The smoke has drifted as far as the Philippines, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away. In Malaysia, authorities declared an emergency last week in Sarawak on Malaysia’s part of Borneo.
随着雾霾愈发严重，出于对学生健康的担忧，马来西亚四个州于周五下令停课。
Four Malaysian states shuttered schools on Friday amid concerns over students’ health as the haze worsened.
马来西亚总理安瓦尔·易卜拉欣周四称，他早前已就此事与印尼总统苏比安托通话，敦促对方采取“迅速且有效的措施”来解决“雾霾产生的根源问题”。易卜拉欣补充道：“当前日益恶化的雾霾状况令人深感担忧，尤其会对公众健康造成危害。”他表示，马来西亚“随时准备予以配合”，并呼吁东南亚各国环境部长协同制定区域性应对措施。
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that he had earlier spoken to Subianto about the issue and urged the Indonesian president to take “immediate and effective action” to address “the root causes of the haze.”“The worsening haze situation is deeply worrying, particularly its impact on public health,” Ibrahim added, saying Malaysia is “standing ready to cooperate” and urging Southeast Asian environment ministers to coordinate a regional response.
近几个月来，受厄尔尼诺现象引发的干旱天气影响，马来西亚与新加坡纷纷加强防火工作、做好抗旱准备，并通过东南亚国家联盟（东盟）深化区域合作。美联社记者艾琳·吴在马来西亚吉隆坡对本文亦有贡献。
In recent months, concerns over El Nino-driven dry conditions have prompted Malaysia and Singapore to strengthen fire prevention, prepare for drought and intensify regional cooperation through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.