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Malaysia closes schools in several states, territories due to haze

Global Published 9 October 2026, 07:57 · archived 9 Oct 2026

KUALA LUMPUR: Schools in several Malaysian states as well as its federal and administrative capitals will be closed ​on Friday, the education ministry said, after smoky ‌haze caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels. The areas affected include the states of Johor, Malacca, Negeri ​Sembilan and Selangor on the Malaysian peninsular, as ​well as the country’s capital Kuala Lumpur and its ⁠administrative centre Putrajaya, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said in ​a Facebook post late Thursday. Schools will also be closed in ​the Rompin district of ...

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