Jakarta, Nov. 3 -- An Indonesian lawmaker has urged the government to pair law enforcement against forest and land fires with forest restoration, saying communities should not bear the costs of environmental damage.

"Naming suspects is an important step. But another question must be answered: who will pay for restoration?" Rina Saadah said in a statement confirmed in Jakarta on Monday.

Saadah, a member of the House of Representatives' Commission IV, which oversees forestry, said the issue was pressing given the losses communities had suffered from the fires.

"People should not have to endure smoke and lost income, then pay the full cost of rebuilding their lives themselves," she said.

She said those costs also included medical expense...