正当苏门答腊岛和加里曼丹岛森林大火产生的有毒烟雾呛得邻国喘不过气来时，马来西亚人对一名印尼官员声称该国为该地区提供氧气的说法报以讽刺和不相信。
Malaysians have reacted with sarcasm and disbelief to an Indonesian official’s claim that his country provides the region’s oxygen, as toxic smoke from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan chokes neighbouring nations.
印尼政府宣传机构负责人西亚甘达·奈恩戈兰（Syahganda Nainggolan）在周六被问及导致马来西亚和新加坡各地学校停课并引发健康警报的严重雾霾时，搬出了该国的森林，从而引发了强烈的反弹。
Syahganda Nainggolan, head of Indonesia’s government communications agency, prompted the backlash after invoking his country’s forests when questioned on Saturday about the severe smog that has forced school closures and triggered health warnings across Malaysia and Singapore.
他在印尼媒体《罗盘报》发表的一段广为流传的视频中说：“我们不只送烟；没有烟的时候，我们送氧气。”“新加坡和马来西亚的氧气也来自我们的森林。”在社交媒体上，用户们纷纷质疑他们呼吸的是否是进口空气，以及为什么马来西亚自己的森林似乎被遗忘了。
“We don’t just send smoke; when there is no smoke, we send oxygen,” he said in a widely circulated video published by Indonesian media outlet Kompas. “The oxygen in Singapore and Malaysia also comes from our forests.”On social media, users questioned whether they were breathing imported air and why Malaysia’s own forests appeared to have been forgotten.
一名用户写道：“我们从什么时候开始从印尼进口氧气了？”另一名用户则问道：“所以我这么长时间以来一直在呼吸进口氧气？”
“Since when did we to oxygen from Indonesia?” one user wrote, while another asked, “So all this time I’ve been breathing imported oxygen?”
另一名用户琢磨着他们手里50林吉特（合12美元）够不够付钱，并问道：“他们是怎么卖氧气的？是用袋装、瓶装还是按重量卖？”一些自认是印尼人的网民也对这些言论进行了批评，向邻国道歉，并敦促评论者将官员与普通公民区分开来。
Another user wondered whether the 50 ringgit (US$12) they had would cover the cost, asking, “How do they sell the oxygen? In packets, bottles or by weight?”Some people identifying themselves as Indonesian also criticised the remarks, apologising to their neighbours and urging commenters to distinguish officials from ordinary citizens.
一名用户写道：“作为一名印尼人，我对我们公职人员发表的一些鲁莽和不负责任的言论深感羞耻。”
“As an Indonesian, I’m deeply embarrassed by some of the reckless and irresponsible statements made by our public officials,” one user wrote.
另一人写道：“我是印尼人……有这样的官员真丢脸……如果你错了，就道个歉吧。”马来西亚副总理艾哈迈德·扎希德·哈米迪（Ahmad Zahid Hamidi）周日表示，该国已提出提供一架消防飞机、三架直升机和人员，但仍在等待其灾难管理机构和外交部信函的回应。
Another wrote, “I’m Indonesian … so embarrassed to have an official like this … if you’re wrong, just apologise.”Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Sunday that the country had offered a firefighting aircraft, three helicopters and personnel, but was still awaiting a response to letters from its disaster agency and foreign ministry.
他对当地记者说：“我们怀着善意假设他们或许不需要我们的援助。”
“We assume in good faith that perhaps they do not need our assistance,” he told local reporters.
他表示，任何关于法律行动的考虑都将交由总检察长决定，同时他倾向于通过东南亚国家联盟进行区域合作。
He said any consideration of legal action would be left to the attorney general, while favouring cooperation through the regional Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
随着空气质量恶化，马来西亚几个州的学校以及吉隆坡和布城联邦直辖区被下令于周五关闭。
Schools in several Malaysian states and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya were ordered to close on Friday as air quality deteriorated.
据马来西亚国家新闻社马新社报道，截至周一上午10点，全国有23个地区记录到不健康的空气。南部的柔佛州受影响最严重，其城镇哥打丁宜的空气污染指数读数最高，达到170。
By 10am on Monday, 23 areas nationwide recorded unhealthy air, according to Malaysian state news agency Bernama. The southern state of Johor was the worst affected, with one of its towns, Kota Tinggi,ing the highest Air Pollutant Index reading at 170.
柔佛州有七个监测站的读数处于不健康范围，森美兰州、彭亨州、登嘉楼州、马六甲州、雪兰莪州和砂拉越州的部分地区以及吉隆坡和布城也是如此。101至200的读数被归类为不健康。
Seven stations in Johor were in the unhealthy range, alongside areas in Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Terengganu, Melaka, Selangor and Sarawak, as well as Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Readings from 101 to 200 are classified as unhealthy.
据AsiaOne报道，周日下午1点，新加坡24小时污染标准指数在104至147之间，这使得所有五个地区都处于不健康类别。
Singapore’s 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index ranged from 104 to 147 at 1pm on Monday, placing all five regions in the unhealthy category, AsiaOne reported.
马来西亚国家新闻社马新社报道称，印尼表示双边讨论仍在继续，其外交部长报告称已部署超过6万名人员参与灭火。
Indonesia said bilateral discussions were continuing, with its foreign minister reporting that more than 60,000 personnel had been deployed against the fires, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported.
据世界银行统计，印尼拥有世界第三大热带雨林和面积最大的热带泥炭地。世界银行曾记录过为发展农业而排干泥炭沼泽如何使其容易发生难以扑灭的火灾。
The country is home to the world’s third-largest expanse of tropical rainforest and its largest tropical peatland area, according to the World Bank, which has documented how draining peat swamps for agriculture leaves them vulnerable to fires that are difficult to extinguish.
几位评论员通过指出海洋生物的存在，反驳了西亚甘达关于氧气的说法。美国国家海洋和大气管理局估计，地球大约一半的氧气产量来自海洋，主要通过光合浮游生物。然而，人类呼吸的大多数氧气来自经过数亿年积累的大气储量。
Several commenters challenged Syahganda’s oxygen claim by pointing to marine life. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that roughly half of Earth’s oxygen production comes from the ocean, largely through photosynthetic plankton. Most oxygen people breathe, however, comes from atmospheric reserves accumulated over hundreds of millions of years.
西亚甘达的言论呼应了时任印尼副总统优素福·卡拉（Jusuf Kalla）在2015年上一次雾霾危机期间发表的另一项极具争议的言论。
Syahganda’s remarks echoed another controversial comment made by then Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla in 2015 during a previous haze crisis.
优素福当时说：“有11个月，他们享受了来自印尼的优质空气，但他们从未感谢过我们。他们因为雾霾痛苦了一个月，就感到不安了。”一名社交媒体用户质疑，按照同样的逻辑，是不是某人的房子着了火，他就该对免费取暖心存感激。
“For 11 months, they enjoyed nice air from Indonesia and they never thanked us,” Jusuf said. “They have suffered because of the haze for one month and they get upset.”One social media user questioned whether the same logic meant someone whose house caught fire should be grateful for free heating.
该用户在称呼这名官员为“部长先生”时写道：“部长阁下，这是一个公共卫生问题，而不是买一送一的促销活动。”
“Pak Menteri, this is a public health issue, not a buy-one-free-one promotion,” the user wrote, addressing the official as “Mr Minister”.