False2026-10
What is circulating
“Responding to haze reaching Malaysia and Singapore, the Bakom chief said in October 2026 that the forest and land fires were "beyond human error, this is truly nature."”
Claimed by Syahganda Nainggolan, head of the Government Communication Agency (Bakom) · official statement
The facts
National police investigators said the dominant cause found in fire cases is deliberate burning to clear land, along with uncontrolled fires, and hundreds of individuals and dozens of companies have been named in fire cases. Experts cited by Kompas said peatland drainage canals for plantations make land far more flammable.