Jakarta, Sept. 22 -- Indonesian Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni announced the revocation of business licenses for five companies as part of a sweeping crackdown on land and forest fires in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo.

"This aligns with the President's (Prabowo Subianto's) directive for impartial law enforcement. It must not only be strict on those at the grassroots level but also rigorously applied to those at the top," Antoni said in a statement released here on Tuesday.

The penalized companies held forestry concessions spanning a combined 92,464 hectares across West, Central, and South Kalimantan. They include PT Wana Lestari Jaya, with a 29,140-hectare concession in Sanggau and Sekadau; and PT Prima Multi Buana, w...