REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- Riau police have named 66 suspects in bush fires that caused problem of haze of smoke disrupting flight schedules and causing health hazard.

Haze of smoke forced the closure of schools not only in Riau and neighboring provinces but also in neighboring countries.

Police have handled 44 cases of bush fires with 66 suspects including a corporation, Riau police chief spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Guntur Aryo Tejo said here on Tuesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has passed order to put an end to the problem which has hit the region almost every year.

The president visited Riau last weekend to emphasized the seriousness of effort to prevent the repeat of the problem in the future.

"I do not want to burden the next government with the same problem," Yudhoyono, who will end his presidential term this year, said.

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