JAKARTA (Reuters) – An court in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Thursday said authorities had been negligent in failing to establish proper standards on air pollution, ruling in favour of group of plaintiffs who filed a citizen lawsuit.
The legal action on air pollution was filed against Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo several cabinet ministers and prominent local officials, and the three-judge panel ruled authorities had been negligent in several areas.
(Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Martin Petty)
