Jakarta, Aug. 11 -- The Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) has sealed and investigated 10 companies related to a series of forest and land fires (karhutla), with two others already receiving administrative sanctions.

"There are also eight non-corporate parties undergoing similar processes, and one non-corporate party is under the investigation phase in the Sultan Syarif Hasyim Forest Park (Tahura) in Riau," the ministry's Director General of Law Enforcement, Dwi Januanto Nugroho, said in a statement on Monday.

He detailed that sealing actions were carried out in various regions, including in West Kalimantan (Kalbar) against six entities: FWL, CMI, DAS, HKI, MTI, and UKIJ; and in Riau against three entities: DRT, RUJ, and SAU.

Moreover, th...