KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- The Johor Pakatan Harapan (PH) has urged the Indonesian government to abandon its dismissive posture towards the transboundary haze choking Malaysia and immediately cease making unconstructive remarks.

Johor PH chief Andrew Chen Kah Eng also demanded that Jakarta take full responsibility for the cross-border environmental crisis and formally apologise to affected Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member states.

"Allowing the haze that has PM2.5 fine particles to pollute the air of other countries is unacceptable, more so as the situation threatens public health.

"Malaysians are suffering due to this pollution, yet your officials seem to be disregarding the issue of our health.

"Such an attitude is...