A teacher helps a student with a face mask as haze shrouds Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The thick smog brought on by forest fires in Indonesia has choked parts of southern Malaysia, prompting environment officials to push for an emergency. AFP PHOTO
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s government on Sunday declared a state of emergency in two southern districts choked by smog from forest fires in Indonesia as air pollution levels reached 16-year-highs.